M 5 in Tonga on 20 Sep 2019 08:00 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 1188249
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.2601 , -172.115
Event Date: 20 Sep 2019 08:00 UTC
19 Sep 2019 21:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2019 08:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60005l8v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

samoa Former Head of State recalls tsunami devastation By Sapeer Mayro ... Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:22:00 +0200.

The former Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, the man who was at the helm of the nation in one of its darkest hours, said the devastation of the 2009 tsunami made him a climate change activist. On the 29 th of Septembe
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samoa 4.9 magnitude earthquake rattles Samoa By Adel Fruean, 14/09/201 ... Sat, 14 Sep 2019 09:43:00 +0200.

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake rattled many Samoans who were inside their homes and offices on Saturday morning. The tremor was reportedly felt right across the country and it lasted less than a minute. According to the Samoa Meteorological Se
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No tsunami threat to Hawaii following 5.4 magnitude Tonga earthquakeSat, 14 Sep 2019 03:35:00 +0200.

COURTESY PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake was reported in Tonga this afternoon. There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Tonga, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported this
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Fuerte terremoto en el Pacífico, entre las islas Fiyi y Tonga El sismo ... Sun, 01 Sep 2019 21:48:00 +0200.

Sídney, Australia. AFP.- Un fuerte terremoto se produjo en medio del océano Pacífico, entre las islas Fiyi y Tonga, este lunes por la madrugada (hora local), pero no hay riesgo de tsunami, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (US
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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),