M 4.5 in Fiji on 02 May 2024 21:52 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 1427006
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 631.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.7011 , -177.4498
Event Date: 02 May 2024 21:52 UTC
02 May 2024 09:52 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI&>=-
Inserted at: 03 May 2024 05:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mvv1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 356 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 8

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Triggered by landslides into small bodies of water, most of these tsunamis have occurred in remote locations so far, but geologist Bretwood Higman of Ground Truth Alaska said it may just be a matter of time before a tsunami swamps a more po
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VIRAL: Boy clicks selfie with fish, throws phone in water2024-05-06T21:10+0200.

Social media users expressed a wide range of reactions after a video of a boy went viral showing him taking a selfie with a fish and throwing his phone in water instead of the fish. The video shared the innocent boy holding a fish while sta
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Lake tsunamis pose significant threat under warming climate2024-05-06T20:29+0200.

Triggered by landslides into small bodies of water, most of these tsunamis have occurred in remote locations so far, but geologist Bretwood Higman of Ground Truth Alaska said it may just be a matter of time before a tsunami swamps a more po
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El día que una delicada operación estadounidense rescató 19 kilos de u ... 2024-05-06T20:01+0200.

(Desde Santiago, Chile) A fines de febrero de 2010, mientras Chile era arrasado por un terremoto 8,8 en la escala de Richter, un grupo de funcionarios del gobierno estadounidense llevó a cabo una operación ultra secreta para sacar del país
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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),