M 5.6 in Tonga from 19 Nov 2024 02:41 UTC to 02:41

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1453996
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.1189 , -175.7866
Event Date: 19 Nov 2024 02:41 UTC
18 Nov 2024 14:41 Local
Exposed Population: 80 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 19 Nov 2024 03:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nsjt Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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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

Mysterious signal heard minutes before the most powerful eruption ever.. 11/21/2024 4:25:00 PM.

Scientists have identified a mysterious signal that occurred just minutes before the most powerful explosion in modern times — the eruption of a volcano in the Pacific. When the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha''apai volcano exploded in 2022
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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, Tonga, on Thursday.. 11/21/2024 12:06:00 PM.

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 14.1 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.09 quakes per year (or 1
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 118 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga: USGS 11/20/2024 9:44:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 118 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga at 18:44:14 GMT on Wednesday (2024-11-21 02:44:14 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 1
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 118 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga: USGS 11/20/2024 9:36:00 PM.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 118 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga at 18:44:14 GMT on Wednesday (2024-11-21 02:44:14 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 1
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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),