M 4.6 in Tonga on 14 Mar 2017 11:52 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 1107760
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.8444 , -172.2689
Event Date: 14 Mar 2017 11:52 UTC
14 Mar 2017 00:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Mar 2017 12:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100088vg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 344 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Japan's first research reactor to restartSat, 18 Mar 2017 11:07:00 +0100.

A laboratory at a university in Japan will restart its research nuclear reactor, the first ever in the country, in April after meeting safety standards. the media reported on Saturday. It will be the first research reactor in Japan to go ba
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Un tren provoca un 'tsunami de nieve' al llegar a la estaciónSat, 18 Mar 2017 11:07:00 +0100.

Una fuerte tormenta de nieve azotó este semana y paralizó casi por completo Nueva York. Si bien poco a poco la población vuelve a la normalidad pero todavía se notan los efectos de la tormenta. En la estación de Rhinecliff, una ciudad cerca
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Government of Japan, Tepco pulled up over Fukushima nuke disasterSat, 18 Mar 2017 09:36:00 +0100.

Tokyo: Now Available on the mid-day iOS App, Download Now A court in Japan on Friday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and the government are liable for negligence in a case involving compensation for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, t
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Gericht: Japanische Regierung trifft Mitschuld an FukushimaSat, 18 Mar 2017 09:32:00 +0100.

Ein japanisches Gericht hat eine Mitschuld des Staates und des Kraftwerkbetreibers Tepco am Atomunglück von Fukushima festgestellt. Das Bezirksgericht in Maebashi entschied am Freitag dass die Katastrophe hätte vermieden werden können, wenn
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),