M 5.4 in Tonga on 21 Jul 2016 15:18 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 1090371
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.5644 , -175.5662
Event Date: 21 Jul 2016 15:18 UTC
21 Jul 2016 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2016 15:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006gfh Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 506 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

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Canberra, Australia.- El servicio sismológico de Australia reportó un sismo con intensidad preliminar de 6.1 grados Richter, el cual ocurrió frente a las costas del sur del país. El movimiento se registró a las 18:58 horas locales, (8:58 G
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Se registra sismo de 6.1 grados frente a costas del sur de AustraliaMon, 25 Jul 2016 14:16:00 +0200.

25/07/2016 07:10 / Sydney, Australia El servicio sismológico de Australia reportó un sismo con intensidad preliminar de 6.1 grados Richter, el cual ocurrió frente a las costas del sur del país. El movimiento se registró a las 18:58 horas lo
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Tsunami fears for Australia as 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes southe ... Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:57:00 +0200.

GETTY Jon Austin There were initially fears of a tsunami after the powerful undersea 6.1 quake. The earthquake was recorded 6.2 miles deep 1,000 miles off the coast of Queenstown, South Australia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Geosc
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits off southern AustraliaMon, 25 Jul 2016 13:44:00 +0200.

PanARMENIAN.Net - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck off the southern coast of Australia , according to Geoscience Australia, The Independent reports. Preliminary information said the quake had a depth of 15km. The quake struck 1,704km o
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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),