M 4.7 in Tonga on 13 Nov 2016 12:37 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 1098225
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 97.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4442 , -174.1895
Event Date: 13 Nov 2016 12:37 UTC
13 Nov 2016 00:37 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2016 13:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us100077a6 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: 1750 | About casualties: 155 | Last hour: 0

Strong quake damages houses in Indonesia's BaliThu, 17 Nov 2016 11:08:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of houses were damaged after a strong quake jolted Bali and East Java province just before midnight Wednesday, Indonesia's disaster agency said on Thursday. A total of 40 houses were damaged in the distri
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2nd LD: Strong quake damages houses in Indonesia's BaliThu, 17 Nov 2016 10:24:00 +0100.

JAKARTA， Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of houses were damaged after a strong quake jolted Bali and East Java province just before midnight Wednesday， Indonesia's disaster agency said on Thursday. A total of 40 houses were damaged in the distri
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لكي يكون الإصلاح حقيقة، والتغيير واقعاً.. أيها اللبنانيونThu, 17 Nov 2016 09:19:00 +0100.

لم يعرف اللبنانيون زعيماً مثيراً للجدل مثلما عرفوا في شخصية العماد ميشال عون الذي تربع على سدة الرئاسة الأولى مؤخراً، بعد مسيرة سياسية حافلة بشتى درجات الصعود ومطبات الانكسار والتطويق، كان للخطاب السياسي في جميعها، التبدًّل والتصعيد أيضاً،
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قمر عملاق فوق مدينة القمرThu, 17 Nov 2016 08:47:00 +0100.

أريحا 15-11-2016 وفا- يامن نوباني. استمتع مصورون وهواة تصوير ومهتمون ليلة أمس الاثنين، وهم يلتقطون بعدساتهم المحترفة والعادية، من مناطق متعددة في أريحا، أبرزها وادي القلط، مشاهد للقمر "العملاق" أو كما يطلق عليه "قمر العشاق". منذ العام 1948
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),