Overall Green Earthquake alert in Fiji on 29 Jul 2013 08:12 UTC

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M 5.1 in Fiji on 29 Jul 2013 08:12 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 1000767
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.1M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.9852 , -177.0945
Event Date:	29 Jul 2013 08:12 UTC 28 Jul 2013 20:12 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	29 Jul 2013 08:32 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Unos 120 residentes de la zona evacuada tras el accidente nuclear en F ... Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:14:00 +0200.

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Tsunami warning after Samoa quakeFri, 02 Aug 2013 04:02:00 +0200.

By Online Editor 1:27 pm GMT+12, 02/08/2013, Samoa. Tsunami sirens have sounded in Samoa after a large earthquake struck off the Pacific country this morning. The magnitude-5.8 quake hit 234 kilometres south west of the capital Apia. It was

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Moderate quake near Tonga briefly prompts tsunami alertFri, 02 Aug 2013 03:53:00 +0200.

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