M 4.7 in Tonga Islands on 10 Dec 2016 13:15 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 1100535
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 255.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.2566 , -175.2685
Event Date: 10 Dec 2016 13:15 UTC
10 Dec 2016 01:15 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Dec 2016 13:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20007zss 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: 399 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Prince Harry praises work of life-saving disaster zone volunteersWed, 14 Dec 2016 12:23:00 +0100.

Prince Harry spoke out about the vital work of volunteers who help save lives in disaster zones. In a video message at a disaster simulation in Norway , he praised the charity MapAction, which provides aid agencies and governments with cruc
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Monster Atlantic wave recorded off British coast at SIX STOREYS HIGHWed, 14 Dec 2016 12:16:00 +0100.

The wave, which was taller than a six-storey building, occurred as a cold front powered through the area, producing fierce winds. The record also shows the importance of automated, data-gathering buoys, according to the WMO. GETTY The 62-fo
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Prince Harry praises work of life-saving disaster zone volunteers Even ... Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:14:00 +0100.

Prince Harry spoke out about the vital work of volunteers who help save lives in disaster zones. In a video message at a disaster simulation in Norway , he praised the charity MapAction, which provides aid agencies and governments with cruc
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Terremoto Amatrice - Accumoli : Scossa di magnitudo 3.8 durante la not ... Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:12:00 +0100.

: La terra continua a tremare e anche questa notte intorno alle 4:54 è stata registrata tra Amatrice ed Accumoli una scossa di magnitudo 3.8. Secondo l'Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vulcanologia (Ingv) il terremoto ha avuto ipocentro a
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),