M 5.6 in Fiji on 09 Feb 2018 23:59 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 1134064
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 609.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.4142 , -179.3235
Event Date: 09 Feb 2018 23:59 UTC
09 Feb 2018 11:59 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2018 00:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000d004 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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False alarms highlight weaknesses in national alert systemMon, 12 Feb 2018 00:05:00 +0100.

Weather junkie John Grosso knew it was highly unlikely a monster wave was barreling toward the Connecticut coast. Still, when a tsunami warning appeared out of the blue on his phone Tuesday, he felt a twinge of fear. His co-workers, who got
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Massachusetts' high court: Do you know this justice?Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:49:00 +0100.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press. BOSTON (AP) - A man's portrait has hung for years outside the chambers of the chief justice on Massachusetts' highest court. The problem? No one knows who he is. It's a mystery that has stumped offi
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Shooting on Winchester Hills Lane under investigationSun, 11 Feb 2018 22:54:00 +0100.

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),