M 5.5 in Tonga on 29 Oct 2019 08:16 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 1191641
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 162.33 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.3934 , -177.1009
Event Date: 29 Oct 2019 08:16 UTC
28 Oct 2019 20:16 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Oct 2019 14:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600064a5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 9 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

samoa Earthquake measuring 5.8 rattles Samoa By Sapeer Mayron 22/10/20 ... Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:12:00 +0200.

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Samoa at 6:18pm on Tuesday evening. The Samoa Meteorological Office confirmed the earthquake struck the region of Tonga at a depth of 10 kilometres, nearly 200 kilometres southwest of Apia. A geological anal
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Tonga: Tsunami 24/7 watchkeepers undergo Competency Training at the Me ... Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:43:00 +0200.

During the opening of the training event, the Director of the Tonga Meteorological Service had this to say; “The tsunami risk for Tonga is considered extreme due to its closeness to the tectonic plate boundary (Trench Trench). Earthquakes o
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Samoa: Lessons for a destabilising planet: insights from the 2009 Sout ... Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:36:00 +0200.

Dale Dominey-Howes Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney. Disclosure statement Dale Dominey-Howes receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Disaster Mitigation Program and the Global
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Dateline PacificMon, 30 Sep 2019 05:06:00 +0200.

A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news. RNZI's flagship programme - linking the Pacific with New Zealand and the world - and broadcast
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),