M 5.8 in Tonga on 21 May 2023 05:23 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 1374958
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.4133 , -173.3266
Event Date: 21 May 2023 05:23 UTC
20 May 2023 17:23 Local
Exposed Population: 4 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 21 May 2023 05:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000kdk8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

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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),