M 5.8 in Tonga on 31 Jan 2024 10:49 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 1412957
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 185.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.8316 , -177.1381
Event Date: 31 Jan 2024 10:49 UTC
30 Jan 2024 22:49 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 31 Jan 2024 11:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000lv7d Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 18 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 1

Scossa di terremoto Magnitudo 5.2 a TONGA. Ecco i dettagli.2024-02-04T10:17+0100.

(Di domenica 4 febbraio 2024) Una Scossa di terremoto di Magnitudo 5.2 si è verificata alle ore 05:46:14 (ora italiana) del 4 febbraio 2024 con epicentro localizzato a TONGA , in mare, esattamente 90 km a…L'articolo Meteo Italia, Previsioni
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World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 4 February 20242024-02-04T06:32+0100.

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 6 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 40 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 132 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 276 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 3.7 x 10 1
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Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.2 earthquake 98 km northeast of Neiafu, ... 2024-02-04T06:14+0100.

An intermediate magnitude 5.2 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Sunday, February 4th, 2024, at 5:46 pm local time at an inter
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Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake - Tonga Islands on Sunday, Feb 4, 2024, a ... 2024-02-04T06:14+0100.

An intermediate magnitude 5.2 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Sunday, February 4th, 2024, at 5:46 pm local time at an inter
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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),