M 5.1 in Tonga on 15 Dec 2017 12:52 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 1128746
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.9142 , -174.5735
Event Date: 15 Dec 2017 12:52 UTC
15 Dec 2017 00:52 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2017 13:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c4tw Scaled population (vector) 3.36  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 212 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake hits Indonesia's Java island, deaths reportedFri, 15 Dec 2017 20:29:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Indonesia. A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Thursday and other cities on the country's most populous island of Java, killing an unknown number of people amid reports of collapsed buildings. Authorities issued a tsun
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Deaths reported after earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java islandFri, 15 Dec 2017 20:29:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA—A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Thursday and other cities on the country’s most populous island of Java, killing an unknown number of people amid reports of collapsed buildings. Authorities issued a tsuna
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Deadly earthquake strikes Indonesian island of JavaFri, 15 Dec 2017 20:27:00 +0100.

Reports of casualties and collapsed buildings after quake hits Jakarta and other cities on country’s most populous island. Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Banyumas, central Java, following the earthquake. Photograph: Agus Fitrah/
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İndoneziyada 6,5 bal gücündə zəlzələ olduFri, 15 Dec 2017 20:26:00 +0100.

- Tsunami xəbərdarlığı İndoneziyanın Yava adasında 6,5 gücündə zəlzələ baş verib. “Qafqazinfo” xəbər verir ki, bu barədə Avropa-Aralıq dənizi Seysmoloji Mərkəzi məlumat yayıb. Yeraltı təkanın episentri yerin 112 km dərinliyində yerləşib. İ
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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),