M 4.8 in Tonga on 05 Mar 2016 17:29 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 1081917
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 65.91 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.4378 , -173.8291
Event Date: 05 Mar 2016 17:29 UTC
05 Mar 2016 05:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 5741 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Mar 2016 18:51 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 501 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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. Cinco años después del devastador tsunami que asoló el nordeste de Japón, un estudio ha desvelado que el inusual poder destructivo del fenómeno se debió a que las primeras olas barrieron las playas y el lecho marino, lo que facilitó las
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Få vill köpa Kimios fisk från FukushimaWed, 09 Mar 2016 14:57:00 +0100.

Vi befinner oss bara sju kilometer från det havererade kärnkraftverket Fukushima Daiichi i nordöstra Japan, men det var tsunamin efter jättejordbävningen den 11 mars 2011 som blev Kimio Satos första prövning. Han gick ut med båten en bit ut
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Tsunami-hit Japan town rises from ruinsWed, 09 Mar 2016 14:43:00 +0100.

EPA A file picture shows fishing vessels washed ashore in tsunami and fire-devastated Shishiori district of fishery port city Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, 28 April 2011. Picture: EPA/ Kimimasa Mayama Rikuzentakata, Japan -
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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),