M 5.2 in Tonga on 02 Sep 2016 17:28 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 1093164
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.2547 , -172.0657
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 17:28 UTC
02 Sep 2016 06:28 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Sep 2016 17:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jqd 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: 289 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

ASEAN leaders sign declaration on disaster responseTue, 06 Sep 2016 17:08:00 +0200.

(From L to R) Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith, PM Thongloun Sisoulith, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and Indonesia's President Joko Widodo attend the opening ce
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11 road pavers fined ¥1.4 billion for post-3/11 bid-riggingTue, 06 Sep 2016 15:46:00 +0200.

The Fair Trade Commission has fined 11 road-paving companies a total of ¥1.41 billion for rigging bids on projects to repair expressways damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Ten of the companies are on trial after being indicte
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Unde a avut loc cel mai mare cutremur din lume. Foarte puţine persoane ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:33:00 +0200.

Teama de un eventual cutremur devastator este una dintre cele mai frecvente temeri care macină în prezent milioane de oameni. În special cei care trăiesc în zone seismice sunt preocupaţi mereu de incidenţa acestor fenomene. Însă unde anume
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Google соединит Китайскую Республику с Японией подводным суперкабелемTue, 06 Sep 2016 13:55:00 +0200.

Как сообщает компания в своём блоге, это позволит увеличить качество сервисов компании Google: на Тайване находится её крупнейший дата-центр на континенте. "Кабель проложен за пределами зоны цунами, чтобы предотвратить сбои в сети во время
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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),