M 5.9 in Fiji on 06 Nov 2024 15:55 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 1452330
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 434.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0569 , -177.8409
Event Date: 06 Nov 2024 15:55 UTC
06 Nov 2024 03:55 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI&>=II
Inserted at: 11 Nov 2024 00:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nq9w Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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5.9-magnitude quake hits Fiji region: USGS 11/6/2024 9:26:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Fiji region at 15:55:08 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 431.8 km, was initially determined to be at 18.23 degrees so
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Fiji region: USGS 11/6/2024 9:26:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Fiji region at 15:55:08 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 431.8 km, was initially determined to be at 18.23 degrees so
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),