M 5.6 in Tonga on 17 Jul 2017 01:20 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 1117065
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.3929 , -173.3211
Event Date: 17 Jul 2017 01:20 UTC
16 Jul 2017 13:20 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2017 01:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009wu6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Terremoto na Turquia causa pequeno tsunami, diz agência europeia EMSCFri, 21 Jul 2017 01:51:00 +0200.

(Reuters) - Um terremoto de magnitude 6,7 na costa sudoeste da Turquia causou um pequeno tsunami na região, disse a agência europeia de terremotos EMSC, embora as autoridades turcas afirmem que grandes ondas eram mais prováveis do que um ts
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),