M 4.8 in Tonga on 02 Nov 2016 09:02 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 1097343
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.6329 , -172.8887
Event Date: 02 Nov 2016 09:02 UTC
01 Nov 2016 21:02 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Nov 2016 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100073ns 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: 530 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

العثور على رواسب طينية مشعة في محطات غسيل السيارات في فوكوشيما اليابان ... Sun, 06 Nov 2016 08:35:00 +0100.

ذكرت وكالة "كيودو" اليابانية للانباء اليوم الاحد أن الخزانات في مرافق غسيل السيارات بالقرب من محطة يابانية للطاقة النووية متوقفة عن العمل تحتوي على رواسب طينية أعلى سبع مرات من الحد القانوني للاشعاع. وذكرت وثيقة لكيودو أن فحصا لمرافق غسيل
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Para lá do fim do mundoSun, 06 Nov 2016 08:28:00 +0100.

Saiu a delação de Marcelo Odebrecht e seus 75 executivos. Trezentos novos casos de corrupção devem inundar o noticiário. Os políticos a chamam de delação do fim do mundo. O próprio Sérgio Moro teria comentado: espero que o Brasil sobreviva.
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Met Dept denies issuing tsunami warningSun, 06 Nov 2016 08:05:00 +0100.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The Malaysian Meterological Department has denied issuing any warning that a tsunami would hit the country. The Department in a statement here today advised the public not to believe rumours spread on social media espe
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DHA İSTANBUL BÜLTENİ- 1Sun, 06 Nov 2016 06:56:00 +0100.

1 - ATATÜRK HAVALİMANI'NDA SİLAH SESLERİ. -ATATÜRK HAVALİMANI'NDA POLİSİN 'DUR' İKAZINA UYMAYAN 2 KİŞİ OPERASYONLA YAKALANDI. * Atatürk Havalimanı'na polisin 'dur' ihtarına uymayıp motosikletle girmeye çalışan 2 kişiden biri havaya ateş açı
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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),