M 5.6 in Tonga on 19 Oct 2021 10:28 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 1291011
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.2434 , -175.7779
Event Date: 19 Oct 2021 10:28 UTC
18 Oct 2021 22:28 Local
Exposed Population: 80 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2021 13:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fvur Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

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Tonga: Magnitude-5.0 offshore earthquake occurs west of Nuku'alofa Oct ... 2021-10-19T13:49+0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.0 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean west of Nuku'alofa, Tonga at approximately 23:28 Oct. 19. The epicenter was about 59 km (36 miles) west of Haveluloto. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 mi
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Earth’s inner core is less solid than previously thought2021-10-11T13:31+0200.

A new study published in the journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors has found that the Earth’s inner core is not completely solid and homogeneous as previously thought, but consists instead of a range of liquid, soft, and hard
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake 101 km northeast of Pangai, Tonga2021-10-08T19:19+0200.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Pangai, Ha'apai, Tonga, was reported only 24 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurr
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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),