M 5.3 in Tonga on 01 Oct 2016 00:33 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 1095021
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.7352 , -174.8554
Event Date: 01 Oct 2016 00:33 UTC
30 Sep 2016 12:33 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2016 01:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006u90 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: 243 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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Anuncian simulacro binacional de terremoto y tsunami entre Chile y Jap ... Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:00:00 +0200.

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Haiti Hurricane Matthew Climate Change Effects: Global Warming Means M ... Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:57:00 +0200.

In the small commune town of Les Anglais on the eastern shore of Haiti, torrential rains and powerful winds made landfall at about 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday as Hurricane Matthew made its way north through the so-called "hurricane corridor," accord
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),