M 5.7 in Tonga on 12 May 2026 21:19 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 1540431
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 154 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.2041 , -176.8485
Event Date: 12 May 2026 21:19 UTC
12 May 2026 09:19 Local
Exposed Population: 1 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 12 May 2026 22:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sx9x 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, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Two earthquakes strike Tonga islands in South Pacific 5/13/2026 9:54:00 AM.

NUKU''ALOFA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 13th May, 2026) Two earthquakes, one measuring 5.7 and the other 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck the Tongan archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. The US Geological Survey reported tha
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5.2-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 5/13/2026 1:02:00 AM.

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Tonga Islands at 2153 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.2
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5.2-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 5/13/2026 1:01:00 AM.

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Tonga Islands at 2153 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.2
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5.2-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 5/12/2026 10:33:00 PM.

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Tonga Islands at 2153 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 21.2
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),