M 6.1 in Tonga on 28 Jan 2015 02:43 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 1047589
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 483.63 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.9073 , -178.3517
Event Date: 28 Jan 2015 02:43 UTC
27 Jan 2015 14:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1545 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jan 2015 03:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 289 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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La abogada y columnista de El Nacional , asegura la muerte de Hugo Chávez dejó en la orfandad a la revolución, y por eso quienes hoy gobiernan lo hacen con improvisación. No cree en golpes de estado porque “demasiado han demostrado los mili
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C’est sans état d’âme qu’Abderrahim Ariri, le directeur du magazine marocain Al Watan, a publié en une de son magazine un photomontage représentant François Hollande sous l’apparence d’Hitler.Comparant la situation de la France à celle du I
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From tsunami-swept land, IT expert helps grow 'edible gem' strawberrie ... Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0100.

YAMAMOTO, Miyagi Prefecture--A venture capital company executive returned from Tokyo to southern Miyagi Prefecture to see what he could do for his hometown that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The result was an extraordin
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Japón autocensura imágenes y palabras en crisis de rehenesSat, 31 Jan 2015 20:49:00 +0100.

TOKIO.- Las imágenes o menciones de cuchillos, rescates o sangre -o de cualquier otra cosa que pueda aludir a la crisis de rehenes que afecta a dos japoneses en Siria- han desaparecido. Algunos programas de anime y otras formas de entreteni
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),