M 6.9 in Fiji on 21 Jul 2014 14:54 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 1036416
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 616.13 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.78 , -178.44
Event Date: 21 Jul 2014 14:54 UTC
22 Jul 2014 02:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2540 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2014 15:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 204 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Image: Cal Madow mountain range, SomaliaFri, 25 Jul 2014 14:05:00 +0200.

Northern Somalia's Cal Madow mountain range is pictured in this image from Japan's ALOS satellite.
Instalaţiile nucleare din SUA sunt insuficient pregătite pentru a face ... Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:51:00 +0200.

Instalaţiile nucleare americane trebuie pregătite mai bine pentru a face faţă unor eventuale catastrofe naturale precum cutremure, tsunami sau inundaţii, dezvăluie un raport publicat joi, relatează AFP.
SUA. Instalaţiile nucleare, insuficient pregătite să facă faţă unor de ... Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:38:00 +0200.

Instalaţiile nucleare americane trebuie mai bine pregătite pentru a face faţă unor eventuale catastrofe naturale precum cutremure, tsunami sau inundaţii, relevă un raport publicat de AFP.
Instalațiile nucleare americane, insuficient pregătite să facă față un ... Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:46:00 +0200.

Instalațiile nucleare americane trebuie mai bine pregătite pentru a face față unor eventuale catastrofe naturale precum cutremure, tsunami sau inundații, relevă un raport publicat joi și citat de AFP.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),