M 5.7 in Tonga on 05 Aug 2019 09:01 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 1185659
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.3534 , -174.8786
Event Date: 05 Aug 2019 09:01 UTC
04 Aug 2019 21:01 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 5000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Aug 2019 09:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600050rn Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Les câbles sous-marins, talon d’Achille de l’internet mondialSat, 03 Aug 2019 10:55:00 +0200.

Atlantico : Du séisme de magnitude 7,0 au large de la côte sud-ouest de Taïwan (2006) à l'ouragan Sandy (2012), nombreux sont les accidents et les catastrophes naturelles qui ont coupé les câbles sous-marins, provoquant des pannes et des pe
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Dateline PacificMon, 22 Jul 2019 04:36:00 +0200.

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news. RNZI's flagship programme - linking the Pacific with New Zealand and the world - and broadcast
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Seismic activity: 5.0 mag quake recorded in Ono-i-Lau regionWed, 10 Jul 2019 05:34:00 +0200.

The epicentre of the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that was recorded in the Ono-i-Lau region this afternoon. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 5.0 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded this afternoon in the Ono-i-Lau region. The seismic activity occurred at 1.0
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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),