M 4.9 in Tonga on 04 Apr 2016 04:25 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 1083661
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.6871 , -172.9055
Event Date: 04 Apr 2016 04:25 UTC
03 Apr 2016 16:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2016 05:00 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: 529 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Qué busca la expedición al cráter de Chicxulub, el sitio de México don ... Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:57:00 +0200.

¿Qué fue exactamente lo que pasó 66 millones de años atrás cuando un asteroide gigante cayó en la Tierra, provocando enormes cambios en el planeta? ¿Cuál fue el alcance del impacto y del desastre ambiental que según se cree llevó a la desap
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US ARCHITECTURE/AWARD - Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wins Pritz ... Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:39:00 +0200.

Chile's Alejandro Aravena was awarded the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize in a ceremony at U.N. headquarters that highlighted the social commitment of his artistic creations. Aravena, 48, director of the architecture section of the Venice
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Caso Tsunami se queda sin juicioFri, 08 Apr 2016 00:26:00 +0200.

Publicado por Juan Pablo Echenique Los detalles del fallo que aprobó el acuerdo entre la Fiscalía y los imputados en el caso Tsunami, que dejó sin juicio oral la investigación por los errores en la alerta de maremoto que significó que 104 p
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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),