M 5.4 in Tonga on 20 Jun 2018 23:23 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 1146777
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 36.04 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.4041 , -175.0639
Event Date: 20 Jun 2018 23:23 UTC
20 Jun 2018 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jun 2018 23:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ewy4 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 18 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

A significant gesture of community spirit has made its way to TongaMon, 18 Jun 2018 04:47:00 +0200.

A large shipping container filled with essential disaster-relief supplies has arrived in the small Pacific Island country of Tonga, still struggling to restore normality after Cyclone Gita. The Hastings District Council approved a grant of
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes south of Wallis and Futuna - USGSSun, 17 Jun 2018 04:10:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck 223 km (139 miles) south-southeast off the coast of Sigave in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. There wer
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Reuters: Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes south of Wallis and Futun ... Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:52:00 +0200.

Singapore. An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck 223 km (139 miles) south-southeast off the coast of Sigave in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. There were no immedi
...(more)
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes south of Wallis and FutunaSat, 16 Jun 2018 08:36:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck 223 km (139 miles) south-southeast off the coast of Sigave in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. There were no immediate reports
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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),