M 5.2 in Tonga on 10 Jun 2016 10:52 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 1087907
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 42.48 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.893 , -173.5147
Event Date: 10 Jun 2016 10:52 UTC
09 Jun 2016 22:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2016 11:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200063gu 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: 294 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Extensions and block paving blamed for Birmingham floods Birmingham Ma ... Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:41:00 +0200.

The rapid increase in block paved drives, tree felling and large house extensions have been blamed for contributing to the massive floods which hit Birmingham. The loss of front and back gardens uphill of the flood area has reduced natural
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Die perfekte WelleTue, 14 Jun 2016 10:10:00 +0200.

Faszination Meer. Der Ozean - unendliche Weiten. Der Atlantik, der Pazifik und der Indische Ozean bedecken zusammen rund 71 Prozent der Erdoberfläche. Von den geschätzten knapp einer Million Tier- und Pflanzenarten in den Weltmeeren wurden
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The perfect wave There's no surfing without waves - but what has to ha ... Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:02:00 +0200.

Fascinating waters. The Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean together cover about 71 percent of the earth's surface. There are an estimated one million species of plants and animals in the world's seas, with just 226,000 of them havin
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أمر خطير.. ماذا لو قفز جميع سكان الأرض في وقت واحد؟!Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:53:00 +0200.

قد يبدو سؤالًا غريبًا، لكن إجابته منطقية جدًا وصادمة جدًا! تخيّل أن جميع سكان الأرض والبالغ عددهم نحو 7 مليار شخص قفزوا في ذات اللحظة؟ بالتأكيد سيكون هناك تأثير كبير! إنْ قفز الجميع وفي ذات اللحظة، فسترتد جميع الأقدام على الأرض مرة واحدة أي
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),