M 5 in Fiji on 21 Nov 2021 22:11 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1297942
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.6932 , 176.7911
Event Date: 21 Nov 2021 22:11 UTC
22 Nov 2021 10:11 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 21 Nov 2021 22:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000fw18 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Fiji: Magnitude-5.6 offshore earthquake occurs west of Fiji at around ... 2021-11-24T08:04+0100.

Event. A magnitude-5.6 earthquake occurred west of Fiji at around 17:53 Nov. 24. The epicenter was about 247 km (153 miles) west-northwest of Lautoka. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), and light shaking was probably f
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Solomon Islands2021-11-09T14:29+0100.

HONIARA - At least five people have been killed in the Solomon Islands after an undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami at 12:12pm local time Wednesday. The 8.0 earthquake struck near the Santa Cruz island and the worst damage was reported
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Light mag. 4.7 earthquake - Fiji: New Zealand on Friday, November 5, 2 ... 2021-11-05T11:29+0100.

Nearby towns and cities: 666 km (414 mi) SSE of Suva (pop: 77,400) --> See nearby quakes! Weather at epicenter at time of quake: Light Rain 24°C (75 F), humidity: 86%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from ENE Primary data source: (Earthquake Commissio
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5.7-magnitude quake hits south of the Fiji Islands: USGS2021-11-03T11:48+0100.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 03:19:00 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. HONG KONG, Nov. 3 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Nov, 2021 ) :An earthquake with a magnitud
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),