M 5 in Tonga on 26 Apr 2015 00:23 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 1052994
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 484.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.792 , -177.7977
Event Date: 26 Apr 2015 00:23 UTC
25 Apr 2015 12:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 677 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2015 00:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 451 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami feature wins gold for PostThu, 30 Apr 2015 00:02:00 +0200.

The Bangkok Post has won one of the most prestigious international awards in print journalism for its coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Asian Tsunami. The Sunday edition's Spectrum magazine was awarded the gold medal for excellence in
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Letter From Europe: Earthquake Reveals Hubris and Imbalance on Mount E ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:09:00 +0200.

, bound by nature’s fury. Nepal One is a story of the vulnerable, exposed in flimsy homes to catastrophe conjured by a netherworld of geology and tectonic plates, an existential hazard. The second, after the earthquake and avalanches, is a
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Región Callao realiza campaña intensiva de simulacros escolares de sis ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:42:00 +0200.

En razón a que el Perú está expuesto a sufrir las consecuencias de un sismo o tsunami, ya que se encuentra en el Cinturón de Fuego del Pacifico, y tras los lamentables sucesos ocurridos en Nepal, el Gobierno Regional del Callao viene realiz
...(more)
Costa VerdeWed, 29 Apr 2015 21:36:00 +0200.

En Mi ciudad | 14:26 hrs. Surfistas y bañistas fueron desalojados por miembros de la Policía Nacional de la playa La Pampilla para la colocación de más piedras. La Municipalidad de Lima lanzó rocas en la playa La Pampilla como medida de pr
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),