M 5.4 in Fiji on 17 Apr 2024 21:31 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 1424581
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 389.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.2718 , -177.9253
Event Date: 17 Apr 2024 21:31 UTC
17 Apr 2024 09:31 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 17 Apr 2024 21:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mcru Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 11 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 1

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Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 70 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.26 quakes per year (or 1 qu
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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Fiji region on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 02 ... 2024-04-20T17:38+0200.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 78 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.06 quakes per year (or 1 qu
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5.3-magnitude quake hits South of Fiji Islands -- GFZ2024-04-19T04:53+0200.

HONG KONG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted South of Fiji Islands at 02:23:21 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 73.3 km, was initially determi
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5.3-magnitude quake hits South of Fiji Islands -- GFZ2024-04-19T04:51+0200.

HONG KONG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted South of Fiji Islands at 02:23:21 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 73.3 km, was initially determi
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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),