Overall Green Earthquake in Tonga from 22 Mar 2026 22:26 UTC to 22:26

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M 5.7 in Tonga from 22 Mar 2026 22:26 UTC to 22:26

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1530547
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	81.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.427 , -172.448
Event Date:	22 Mar 2026 22:26 UTC 22 Mar 2026 11:26 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at:	22 Mar 2026 22:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0
pt26081002	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Latest media headlines

No tsunami threat after deep 7.6 magnitude earthquake near Tonga 3/26/2026 10:56:00 AM.

NUKU''ALOFA, 24th March, 2026 (WAM) -- A tsunami ?was not expected after a deep 7.6 ?magnitude earthquake struck ?near the Tonga islands on Tuesday, according to ?the Pacific Tsunami Warning ?Centre (PTWC). "There is no tsunami threat becau

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Samoa Joins Tonga, Fiji and Niue as a Powerful 7.5 Magnitude Earthquak.. 3/25/2026 12:38:00 PM.

In Tonga, the earthquake caused noticeable shaking and, according to early reports, some damage to infrastructure. The country remains on high alert, with teams monitoring for possible tsunami waves and aftershocks. The Tongan government ha

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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga 3/25/2026 10:58:00 AM.

An intermediate to deep magnitude 5.2 earthquake was reported late at night near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, at 11:17 pm local time at an intermediate

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Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 81 km northwest of H.. 3/25/2026 10:58:00 AM.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.4 quake in Tonga near Hihifo, Niuas, only 10 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, at 11:11 pm local time at an intermediate to

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),

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