M 5.6 in Tonga on 05 Apr 2024 20:32 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 1422819
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 119.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.133 , -174.3275
Event Date: 05 Apr 2024 20:32 UTC
06 Apr 2024 09:32 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 06 Apr 2024 19:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000maah Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 355 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 7

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- AsiaNet News) A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern region on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no tsunami warning issued. According to the USGS, the earthquake occurred at 09:48 GMT off the coast of Hal
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6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia - USGS2024-04-09T19:11+0200.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),