M 5 in Tonga on 10 Nov 2016 11:49 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 1097990
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.4577 , -173.2688
Event Date: 10 Nov 2016 11:49 UTC
09 Nov 2016 23:49 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1057 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Nov 2016 12:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100076m3 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 661 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

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Un potentissimo terremoto di magnitudo 7.8 ha colto nel sonno i neozelandesi in piena notte, provocando danni estesi, vittime - finora si parla di almeno due morti - e scatenando uno tsunami che, seppure con onde alte non più di 2 metri e m
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New Zealand earthquake: Burglars ransack family's home and steal disab ... Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:39:00 +0100.

Thieves left a mess after going through closets and drawers. Alisha's condition means she can only walk short distances without a wheelchair and she has some hearing loss. The family fled along with many others in their neighbourhood at aro
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Double tectonic shifts may have teamed in New Zealand quake - expertsMon, 14 Nov 2016 11:38:00 +0100.

By James Regan Jamie Freed. SYDNEY (Reuters) - The powerful earthquake that struck New Zealand was unusual in that a big event on one fault may have immediately triggered a big event on a second fault, experts said on Monday. An earthquake
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Tsunami e sciame sismico. Crolli e strade spaccate in dueMon, 14 Nov 2016 11:37:00 +0100.

Roma, (askanews) - Una scossa fortissima, 7.8 sulla scala Richter, ha fatto tremare tutta la Nuova Zelanda nella notte tra domenica 13 e lunedì 14 novembre, provocando almeno due morti, danneggiando edifici, spaccando letteralmente strade e
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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),