M 5.1 in Tonga on 09 Oct 2016 16:48 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 1095511
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.8214 , -174.5923
Event Date: 09 Oct 2016 16:48 UTC
09 Oct 2016 04:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2016 20:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007cyk 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: 421 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Turbina eólica quer aproveitar furacão para fornecer energia ao Japão ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:32:00 +0200.

Enchentes, falta de energia, desabamentos e pessoas desabrigadas. Esses são apenas alguns dos problemas causados quando furacões atingem grandes cidades, mas um engenheiro do Japão acaba de criar um mecanismo que promete extrair alguns bene
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Haití es el país con más muertos por catástrofes naturales: ONUThu, 13 Oct 2016 16:26:00 +0200.

Ginebra, Suiza.- AFP Haití, arrasado por un terrible sismo en 2010, tres años de sequía causados por El Niño antes de ser golpeado el pasado 4 de octubre por el huracán Matthew, es el país con mayor número de decesos (229 mil 699) originado
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Innovative Projekte in der Telekommunikation – Ideen, die die Branche ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:24:00 +0200.

Meldung hier twittern: #Telco-Techs wollen Telekommunikationsbranche auf den Kopf stellen – #IBP nimmt sie unter die Lupe. http://bit.ly/2dmENyf. Wifi-Sharing mit sauberer Abrechnung Das amerikanische Startup Tsunami Blu ermöglicht es Priva
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NEMO Dismisses Tsunami RumoursThu, 13 Oct 2016 16:22:00 +0200.

THE National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has dismissed reports of a tsunami hitting the Eastern Caribbean as a result of the passage last week of Hurricane Mathew that killed hundreds of people and caused widespread damage in H
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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),