M 5.5 in Fiji on 06 Feb 2016 01:39 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 1080067
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.0008 , 174.9465
Event Date: 06 Feb 2016 01:39 UTC
06 Feb 2016 13:39 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Feb 2016 02:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  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

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NZ may be in direct path of cycloneTue, 09 Feb 2016 23:53:00 +0100.

New Zealand may be in the direct path of a cyclone still forming in the Pacific. WeatherWatch head weather analyst Philip Duncan said latest modelling showed a rapidly deepening severe tropical storm developing near Vanuatu set to unleash i
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),