M 4.7 in Tonga Islands on 06 Jan 2017 12:59 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 1102655
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -19.4282 , -175.6031
Event Date: 06 Jan 2017 12:59 UTC
06 Jan 2017 00:59 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2017 13:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007rn2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 373 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto de 7.2 grados sacude el mar entre Indonesia y FilipinasTue, 10 Jan 2017 12:43:00 +0100.

Hipocentro se localizó a 626 kilómetros de profundidad Terremoto de 7.2 grados sacude el mar entre Indonesia y Filipinas Un terremoto de magnitud 7,2 en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy el mar de Célebes , entre el sur de Filipinas
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Earthquake hits Philippines islandTue, 10 Jan 2017 12:31:00 +0100.

A POWERFUL earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines on Tuesday but was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or generate a tsunami. Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of
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Forte terremoto atinge mar próximo às Filipinas sem deixar feridosTue, 10 Jan 2017 12:26:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto de magnitude 7,2 graus atingiu o mar ao sul das Filipinas nesta quinta-feira, longe o suficiente para não causar nenhum dado ou gerar um tsunami na costa do país. De acordo com Renato Solidum, do Instituto de Vulcanologia
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Powerful undersea quake hits south Philippines, no damageTue, 10 Jan 2017 12:25:00 +0100.

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines today but was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or generate a tsunami. Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volca
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),