M 6.7 in Fiji Islands Region on 12 Nov 2022 07:09 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 587 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.2 , -178.2
Event Date: 12 Nov 2022 07:09 UTC
12 Nov 2022 19:09 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in MMI III
Source: NTWC at00rl83ve
Inserted at: 12 Nov 2022 07:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)
Tsunami GDACS score
NTWC 0 0 0
at00rl83ve Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 rapid impact 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 rapid impact 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1472697 0 12 Nov 2022 07:09 6.4M, 594km 2.49 1 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:07 GEOFON
1472698 0 12 Nov 2022 07:09 6.7M, 587.2km N/A 1 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:08 PTWC
1472700 0 12 Nov 2022 07:09 6.7M, 587km N/A 1 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:10 NTWC
1472706 0 12 Nov 2022 07:09 6.9M, 588.581km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:19 NEIC
1472707 0 12 Nov 2022 07:09 7M, 587.189km 2.99 1 thousand (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 00:29 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened off shore.

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Ono-I-Lau ONU unknown 0 72 km

More information

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