M 5.9 in Tonga on 15 Dec 2024 15:03 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 1457871
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 213.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.5653 , -175.2725
Event Date: 15 Dec 2024 15:03 UTC
15 Dec 2024 03:03 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2024 15:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nz38 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

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Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks 12/18/2024 11:11:00 PM.

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Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks 12/18/2024 11:04:00 PM.

The death toll from Vanuatu''s earthquake disaster continues to rise, with international search and rescue operations underway to help people hit by the initial quake and its aftershocks. On Tuesday afternoon, a powerful earthquake struck 3
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Quake, tsunami alert! 12/18/2024 4:53:00 AM.

A major rescue operation under way in Port Vila to try and find people trapped after a massive earthquake. Picture: MICHAEL THOMPSON/VIDEOGRAB. Fiji was one of the Pacific Island Countries put on a tsunami watch after a magnitude 7.3 quake
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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),