M 4.5 in Fiji on 05 Apr 2024 13:34 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 1422796
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 569.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.2608 , -177.4214
Event Date: 05 Apr 2024 13:34 UTC
05 Apr 2024 01:34 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI&>=-
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2024 16:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ma5f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),