Overall Green Earthquake in Tonga on 22 Mar 2026 06:15 UTC

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M 6.2 in Tonga on 22 Mar 2026 06:15 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 1530425
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.3824 , -173.0468
Event Date:	22 Mar 2026 06:15 UTC 21 Mar 2026 18:15 Local
Exposed Population:	1 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	22 Mar 2026 06:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Tonga)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000sidb	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	0	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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