Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tonga Islands Region on 18 Dec 2016 02:24 UTC

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M 5.2 in Tonga Islands Region on 18 Dec 2016 02:24 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 1101174
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.2M
Depth:	65.58 Km
Lat/Lon:	-23.1361 , -175.5769
Event Date:	18 Dec 2016 02:24 UTC 17 Dec 2016 14:24 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Dec 2016 02:47 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008246	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

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Strong Earthquake Hits East IndonesiaWed, 21 Dec 2016 23:31:00 +0100.

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