M 4.7 in Tonga on 04 Dec 2016 14:14 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 1099994
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 137.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.9582 , -174.018
Event Date: 04 Dec 2016 14:14 UTC
04 Dec 2016 02:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2016 16:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007etb 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: 2291 | About casualties: 377 | Last hour: 0

Ayuda humanitaria llega a Indonesia tras sismoThu, 08 Dec 2016 14:00:00 +0100.

Meureudu, Indonesia.- Organizaciones humanitarias llegaron a la provincia Indonesia de Aceh el jueves mientras el gobierno de Yakarta prometió toneladas de ayuda de emergencia y funcionarios se apuraban para determinar el alcance de los dañ
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Fallecidos por el terremoto en Indonesia ya superan el centenarThu, 08 Dec 2016 13:59:00 +0100.

Las autoridades de Indonesia elevaron ayer a más de cien el número de muertos por el terremoto de magnitud 6,5 que sacudió el martes la provincia de Aceh, en el norte de la isla de Sumatra, donde sigue la búsqueda de supervivientes bajo las
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Aid groups descend on Indonesia quake zone; deaths reach 102Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:54:00 +0100.

MEUREUDU, Indonesia -- Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday as the local disaster agency called for urgent food supplies and officials raced to assess the full extent of damage from an earthquake that k
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Pelo menos 102 mortos no sismo de magnitude 6,5 na IndonésiaThu, 08 Dec 2016 13:53:00 +0100.

Pelo menos 97 pessoas morreram, incluindo várias crianças, depois de um forte sismo ter abalado esta madrugada a província de Aceh, a norte da ilha de Sumatra, na Indonésia. As autoridades contabilizam também mais de 200 feridos. Mas o núme
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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),