M 4.9 in Tonga on 30 Jun 2018 21:01 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 1148307
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 52.92 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.6407 , -174.5715
Event Date: 30 Jun 2018 21:01 UTC
01 Jul 2018 10:01 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jun 2018 21:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000fsjd Scaled population (vector) 3.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Pacific regionWed, 27 Jun 2018 05:01:00 +0200.

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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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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),