M 5.7 in Tonga on 30 Jul 2020 19:16 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 1228252
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.0322 , -173.4935
Event Date: 30 Jul 2020 19:16 UTC
30 Jul 2020 07:16 Local
Exposed Population: About 15000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2020 19:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b72l Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Seismic activity: Second earthquake recorded in Ono-i-Lau regionWed, 22 Jul 2020 06:09:00 +0200.

The map showing the epicentre of the 5.7 magnitude earthquake recorded in the Ono-i-Lau region this morning. This is the second seismic activity reported from the region this morning. Picture: SUPPLIED. A second earthquake measuring 5.7 on
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6.1 magnitude quake hits in far northern regions of Tongan islandsSun, 19 Jul 2020 18:08:00 +0200.

Honolulu, HAWAII — A 6.1 magnatude earthquake hit 89.9 miles east of Hihifo, Tonga and at a depth of 14 km. This was Saturday morning at approximately 4:30a.m. American Samoa time. This is in the far north of the Tongan islands about 375 mi
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6.2 earthquake reported in Tonga regionSun, 19 Jul 2020 05:16:00 +0200.

The map showing the epicentre of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that was reported in the Tonga region this morning. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Tonga region early this morning. The Seismology Unit of the
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Earthquake With Magnitude 5.1 Strikes Near Nukualofa, TongaFri, 03 Jul 2020 07:42:00 +0200.

Nukualofa, Tonga: An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was reported near Nukualofa, Tonga on Friday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology. The epicentre of the earthquake was 364 km north (N) of Nukualofa, Tonga, the agency
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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),