Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji on 21 Dec 2024 01:17 UTC

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M 4.8 in Fiji on 21 Dec 2024 01:17 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 1458706
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	612.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-18.0307 , -178.1487
Event Date:	21 Dec 2024 01:17 UTC 21 Dec 2024 13:17 Local
Exposed Population:	5 thousand in MMI I
Inserted at:	21 Dec 2024 01:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000p0ip	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Fijian military joins Vanuatu recovery efforts 12/22/2024 10:12:00 AM.

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Fijian military joins Vanuatu recovery efforts 12/22/2024 10:01:00 AM.

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First commercial flight since quake, Fiji Airways MAX8 flies return se.. 12/22/2024 5:50:00 AM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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