M 4.9 in Tonga on 16 Dec 2013 06:31 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 1020332
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 539.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.36 , -177.97
Event Date: 16 Dec 2013 06:31 UTC
15 Dec 2013 18:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1696 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2013 07:03 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: 301 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Condenan al Estado chileno por muerte durante tsunami del 2010Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:10:00 +0100.

Fuentes judiciales informaron este jueves que la Corte Suprema de Chile condenó al Estado y sentenció una indemnización favorable a familiares de víctimas del tsunami ocurrido en la nación austral luego del terremoto ocurrido el 27 de febre
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Uttarakhand devises plan to manage disastersFri, 20 Dec 2013 01:25:00 +0100.

Six months after flash floods wreaked havoc in Uttarakhand claiming hundreds of lives and rendering thousands homeless, the state government has devised an elaborate disaster management plan.
Chile: condenan al Estado por una muerte durante el tsunami de 2010Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:24:00 +0100.

Los familiares de quien fuera arrastrado por una ola gigante el día de la tragedia recibirán 105.000 dólares por parte de las autoridades chilenas . Hubo 526 víctimas mortales
Children living near Fukushima plant more prone to obesityThu, 19 Dec 2013 20:49:00 +0100.

Japanese ministry of education has recently concluded that the children living in the proximity of the Fukushima nuclear plant are prone to obesity more than those living in the rest of the country. The reasons for the phenomenon the minist
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),