M 5.9 in Tonga on 16 Nov 2016 00:30 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 1098526
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.2211 , -172.9616
Event Date: 16 Nov 2016 00:30 UTC
15 Nov 2016 12:30 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Nov 2016 00:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100078ll 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 368 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake: Everyday heroes help stitch a fractured community back tog ... Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:12:00 +0100.

Aftershocks, gales and heavy rain brought new challenges. Landslides near Kenepuru in the Marlborough Sounds brought down a power pole, causing the lines to clash and setting the pole on fire on Wednesday. "We had to fly a helicopter in wit
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Huge quake exposes problems in how New Zealand preparesSat, 19 Nov 2016 21:56:00 +0100.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand The huge earthquake that hit New Zealand this past week, buckling roads, uplifting sections of coastline and killing two people, also exposed problems in how the country monitors its earthquake risk and prepares for
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Los hospitales de Alepo, arrasados por las bombas, muestran imágenes d ... Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:32:00 +0100.

Al menos 38 personas han muerto en el este de la ciudad este sábado. No hay datos oficiales aún del alcance definitivo de los daños materiales en los hospitales, pero las evaluaciones preliminares de ONG como Médicos Sin Fronteras y el Obse
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How ready are we? Kaikoura earthquake timeline exposes issuesSat, 19 Nov 2016 20:11:00 +0100.

The huge earthquake that hit New Zealand this past week, buckling roads, uplifting sections of coastline and killing two people, also exposed problems in how the country monitors its earthquake risk and prepares for tsunamis. And it raised
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),