M 4.5 in Tonga on 01 Jul 2016 00:30 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 1089142
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 138.29 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.9465 , -174.6115
Event Date: 01 Jul 2016 00:30 UTC
01 Jul 2016 13:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 23212 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Jul 2016 01:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10005yza 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: 195 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

STROMBOLI Spiagge nere 'regalate' ai privatiTue, 05 Jul 2016 00:10:00 +0200.

A Spiaggia lunga, la più esclusiva e lontana delle spiagge di sabbia nera non si potrebbe mettere su proprio nessun tipo di struttura o di attività, non fosse altro che per motivi di sicurezza visto che, ogni cento metri, a Stromboli si tro
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US ready to help Southeast Asia fight extremist sea attacksMon, 04 Jul 2016 23:27:00 +0200.

LEGAZPI, Philippines — The US military is concerned about a series of attacks and abductions of tugboat crewmen by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Southeast Asian waters and is willing to lend a hand if needed as part of America’s aim to ensure th
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Cinq ans après Fukushima, la radioactivité dans le Pacifique presque r ... Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:37:00 +0200.

​Les niveaux de radioactivité à travers l'océan Pacifique sont en train de revenir rapidement à la normale cinq ans après la catastrophe nucléaire de Fukushima au Japon, a révélé une étude publiée lundi. Le 11 mars 2011, un séisme de magnit
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US ready to help SE Asia fight sea attacksMon, 04 Jul 2016 20:30:00 +0200.

LEGAZPI, Philippines -- The U.S. military is concerned about a series of attacks and abductions of tugboat crewmen by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Southeast Asian waters and is willing to lend a hand if needed as part of America's aim to ensure
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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),