M 5.5 in Tonga on 17 Jun 2024 14:05 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 1433555
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.8182 , -173.2767
Event Date: 17 Jun 2024 14:05 UTC
17 Jun 2024 02:05 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2024 14:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mt0e 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: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Quake measuring 6.0 hits 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga: USGS2024-06-19T05:46+0200.

Hong Kong, June 18 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga at 06:40 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 16.61 degree
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6.0-magnitude quake hits 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS2024-06-18T09:58+0200.

HONG KONG, June 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga at 06:40 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 16.61
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6.0-magnitude quake hits 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS2024-06-18T09:54+0200.

HONG KONG, June 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga at 06:40 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 16.61
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6.0-magnitude quake hits 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga -- USGS2024-06-18T09:18+0200.

HONG KONG, June 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 87 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga at 06:40 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),