M 4.5 in Fiji Islands Region on 17 Jul 2017 12:08 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 1117096
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 590.85 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0341 , -178.3961
Event Date: 17 Jul 2017 12:08 UTC
18 Jul 2017 00:08 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2017 12:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009wx1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2037 | About casualties: 155 | Last hour: 0

Powerful quake kills 2 tourists on Greek islandFri, 21 Jul 2017 13:32:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port, killing at least two people and causing more than 120 injuries, authorities said. The 6.7 magnitude quake rattled Turkey's Aegean coast as well,
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Tsunami nedir, nasıl oluşur, nasıl kaçılırFri, 21 Jul 2017 13:29:00 +0200.

Ege Denizi'nde Gökova Körfezi'nde meydana gelen 6,6 büyüklüğündeki düşmesi sonucu deniz zeminin çökmesi veya kayması sonucunda oluşur. Deniz tabanındaki yer kabuğunun kırılmasıyla suyun dengezi bozulur. Bunun sonucunda da dev dalgalar oluş
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Fukushima : un robot inspecte l'enceinte d'un réacteur saccagéFri, 21 Jul 2017 13:27:00 +0200.

Un robot a été dépêché cette semaine dans l'enceinte de confinement du réacteur 3 de la centrale saccagée de Fukushima (Nord-Est du Japon), mais le premier examen n'a pas permis d'apercevoir le combustible fondu, selon l'exploitant. Un engi
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Terremoto atinge a Turquia e danifica barcos e carrosFri, 21 Jul 2017 13:27:00 +0200.

O terremoto que hoje (21) sacudiu a costa ocidental da Turquia e a ilha grega de Kos, durante a madrugada, causou um pequeno tsunami, que danificou embarcações no porto de Bodrum. O tremor de terra de magnitude 6,4 graus na escala Richter d
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),