M 5.9 in Tonga on 28 May 2020 07:18 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 1220000
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.236 , -174.2851
Event Date: 28 May 2020 07:18 UTC
27 May 2020 19:18 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2020 07:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000a0um Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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samoa Earthquake strikes Samoa, no tsunami warning By Soli Wilson, 06/ ... Wed, 06 May 2020 05:03:00 +0200.

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Samoa on Wednesday afternoon did not warrant a tsunami threat, the Samoa Meteorology Service confirmed. The strong tremor hit at about 12:20 pm local time, lasting almost a minute. There had been no
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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),