M 5.6 in Fiji on 25 Dec 2024 06:34 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 1459223
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 458.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.1289 , -177.5439
Event Date: 25 Dec 2024 06:34 UTC
24 Dec 2024 18:34 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 25 Dec 2024 07:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000pfjm Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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),