M 5.4 in Tonga on 05 Jun 2016 22:33 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 1087637
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 45.04 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.5855 , -172.4223
Event Date: 05 Jun 2016 22:33 UTC
05 Jun 2016 11:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Jun 2016 22:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000628p 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: 516 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Asa ca a luat imediat decizii transante despre oamenii din echipa de conducere gasita la sefia Parchetelor, hotarand cu care continua sa lucreze si pe care ii „ejecteaza” din functiile detinute, pentru a aduce oameni noi, pe care sa se baze
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‘It will happen here’: Westport school builds nation’s first tsunami r ... Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:59:00 +0200.

WESTPORT, Grays Harbor County — The first students to race up the stairs at Ocosta Elementary School’s new gym and tsunami refuge were so excited it took teachers a while to corral them into orderly lines on the rooftop. “It’s really cool t
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Sismo de 6.2 grados sacude islas indonesias de Lombok y BaliThu, 09 Jun 2016 19:27:00 +0200.

Yakarta, 9 Jun (Notimex).- Un fuerte sismo de 6.2 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter sacudió hoy las islas indonesias de Lombok y Bali sin que se reporten víctimas o graves daños materiales, y sin que se emitiera la alerta sobre un
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Today’s science mystery: rapidly shrinking hobbitsThu, 09 Jun 2016 19:04:00 +0200.

In 2004, in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists discovered a new hominin species they affectionately called the hobbit — a tiny, primitive human who was just 3 feet tall and lived between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. But
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),