M 5.2 in Tonga on 15 Dec 2016 00:18 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 1100903
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.8244 , -174.5947
Event Date: 15 Dec 2016 00:18 UTC
14 Dec 2016 12:18 Local
Exposed Population:
About 28323 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2016 01:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200080vn 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1137 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Gempa 5,2 SR Guncang Kota Sabang Aceh, Tak Berpotensi TsunamiSun, 18 Dec 2016 23:30:00 +0100.

Jakarta - Gempa berkekuatan 5,2 Skala Richter (SR) mengguncang Kota Sabang, Aceh. Gempa tersebut terjadi pada pukul 02.26 WIB dini hari tadi. Menurut informasi dari akun Twitter resmi Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) @info
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Gempa 5,2 SR Guncang Banda Aceh, BMKG: Tak Berpotensi TsunamiSun, 18 Dec 2016 23:00:00 +0100.

Bisnis.com, BANDA ACEH - I nformasi dari Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika menyebutkan wilayah Aceh Besar dan sekitarnya diguncang gempa dengan kekuatan 5,2 SR pada Senin (19/12/2016) sekitar pukul 02.24 WIB. Gempa dengan kedalama
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Lunedì su Voyager la Sardegna dei nuraghi sepolti: dallo tsunami?Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:36:00 +0100.

di Marcello Polastri. La Sardegna, “ Marcello Polastri isola delle torri ciclopiche sepolte da cumuli di fango ” andrà in onda in prima serata su Rai 2 lunedì 19 Dicembre. Questa la principale teoria, che cela molto dubbi e che verrà illust
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SYDNEY - People living along Papua New Guinea's coastline fled to high ... Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:59:00 +0100.

SYDNEY - People living along Papua New Guinea's coastline fled to higher ground on Saturday after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck east of the Pacific nation, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of its archipelago. A couple of hours aft
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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),