M 5.7 in Tonga on 09 Mar 2018 16:23 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 1137118
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 538.67 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.0896 , -178.5464
Event Date: 09 Mar 2018 16:23 UTC
10 Mar 2018 04:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 900 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Mar 2018 16:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000d2bk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

19 DEAD AFTER TSUNAMIS SWEEP SAMOASSun, 11 Mar 2018 21:45:00 +0100.

14 fatalities reported in American Samoa. HONOLULU (Pacific Islands Report, Sept. 29, 2009) – A radio station in American Samoa today reported 14 deaths from a series of five tsunamis that swept the U.S. territory after a 7.9 quake hit abou
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Powerful Quake Hits Off Papua New GuineaWed, 28 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0100.

UPDATE: 3:05 a.m. EST — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), in its final alert , rescinded the tsunami threats following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea at 4:30 a.m. UTC Sunday (11:30 p.m. EST
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Indonesia: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ... Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:24:00 +0100.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck on 26 February (25 February UTC), with its epicentre in Nipa-Kutubu district, Southern Highlands province. The affected area is sparsely populated, with a dispersed population living in re
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5.1 mag earthquake in Fiji regionSat, 24 Feb 2018 05:54:00 +0100.

Update: 4:19PM A 5.1 MAGNITUDE offshore earthquake was recorded in the Fiji Islands region this afternoon. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department confirmed that the earthquake occurred at depth of 622km. It was registered 9
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),