M 4.8 in Tonga on 14 Apr 2017 23:43 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 1110274
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 87 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.5354 , -174.5222
Event Date: 14 Apr 2017 23:43 UTC
14 Apr 2017 11:43 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2017 00:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10008hr2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 222 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Enusc 2016 arrojó leve aumento en victimización de hogaresTue, 18 Apr 2017 14:39:00 +0200.

La Encuesta Nacional Urbana de Seguridad Ciudadana (Enusc) arrojó un leve aumento en la cifra de hogares víctima de delitos en el país, con un alza desde un 26,4 a un 27,3 por ciento. El subsecretario de Prevención del Delito, Óscar Carrasc
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45 new Tokyo high-rises by 2020Tue, 18 Apr 2017 14:12:00 +0200.

Tokyo - Tokyo's skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time the city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion. Japan’s capital would see nearly 50 percent more
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PiS ma problem. „To może przerodzić się w prawdziwe tsunami”Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:35:00 +0200.

Projekt ustawy o metropolii warszawskiej wzbudził skrajne opinie wśród władz samorządowych. Po feralnym referendum w Legionowie ma przyjść pora na kolejne. W niedawnym, legionowskim referendum przeszło 94 procent mieszkańców tego miasta opo
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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),