Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji Islands Region on 14 Jan 2017 06:11 UTC

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M 6.1 in Fiji Islands Region on 14 Jan 2017 06:11 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

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:	6.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-18.5884 , 176.2304
Event Date:	14 Jan 2017 06:11 UTC 14 Jan 2017 18:11 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007t8x
Inserted at:	14 Jan 2017 06:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007t8x	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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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153927		0	14 Jan 2017 06:11	6.1M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)		00:21	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 in Fiji ,of Fiji (population 69,504) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1153927	-18.588/176.23	6.1	10	14 Jan 2017 06:34	00:22	(new episode)
2	1153927	-18.588/176.23	6.1	10	14 Jan 2017 08:16	02:04	(upd of #1)
3	1153927	-18.588/176.23	6.1	10	08 Feb 2017 07:58	25d 01:47	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Fiji	Fiji	70000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mbatiri	Fiji	Village	-	129 km
Lomawal	Fiji	Village	-	130 km
Momi	Fiji	City	-	134 km
Cuvu	Fiji	Village	-	137 km
Sigatoka	Fiji	City	12000 people	144 km
Laselase	Fiji	Village	-	146 km
Nadi	Fiji	Major city	54000 people	152 km
Namaka	Fiji	Village	-	157 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Natadola	NTA	unknown				0	128 km
	Nadi International	NAN	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500	158 km

More information

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