M 4.9 in Tonga on 05 Jun 2013 04:40 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 1000088
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 144.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -24.26 , -176.3755
Event Date: 05 Jun 2013 04:40 UTC
04 Jun 2013 16:40 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2013 07:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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

La plaque tectonique du Pacifique s'affole 5/29/2013 7:24:00 AM.

PHÉNOMÈNES SISMOLOGIQUES. Le magazine Gentside Découvertes, du site Internet Maxisciences, se penchait hier sur le triple séisme qui a eu lieu, en moins de 48 heures, en Russie, Californie et dans le Pacifique. L’évolution de la situation d
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Large Earthquake Strikes In Ocean Near Tonga 5/27/2013 3:09:00 AM.

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the sea 177 miles southwest of Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday. It said the quake was recorded at a depth of 106 miles and had struck at 171
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La plaque tectonique du Pacifique s'affole 5/24/2013 11:14:00 PM.

PHÉNOMÈNES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES. Le magazine Gentside Découvertes, du site Internet Maxisciences, se penche aujourd’hui sur le triple séisme qui a eu lieu, en moins de 48 heures, en Russie, Californie et dans le Pacifique. Explications du phénom
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Dos seísmos de 7,4 y 6,6 grados golpean en el Pacífico sin causar tsun.. 5/24/2013 1:07:00 PM.

SÍDNEY (AUSTRALIA). - Un terremoto de 7,4 grados de magnitud sacudió en el sur de las islas Fiyi y otro de 6,6 grados golpeó en el archipiélago de Tonga, ambos en el Pacífico Sur, sin que las autoridades emitieran alerta de tsunami. El seís
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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),