M 5.5 in Tonga Islands Region on 22 Apr 2020 22:31 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 1215100
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 40.01 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.081 , -175.4938
Event Date: 22 Apr 2020 22:31 UTC
22 Apr 2020 10:31 Local
Exposed Population: About 7000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2020 22:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60009a5h Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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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

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5.2-magnitude quake hits island in Tonga -- USGSTue, 07 Apr 2020 16:21:00 +0200.

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 86 km northeast of Hihifo, Tonga around 23:30 (1130 GMT) on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey has said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determ
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First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for k ... Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:00:00 +0200.

Diane Paloma is the CEO of Lunalilo Home and the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust which cares for elderly people in Honolulu, the capital of the US state of Hawaii. Some 80 residents and day-care clients are looked after at Lunalilo, whi
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First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for k ... Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:43:00 +0200.

Diane Paloma is the CEO of Lunalilo Home and the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust which cares for elderly people in Honolulu, the capital of the US state of Hawaii. Some 80 residents and day-care clients are looked after at Lunalilo, whi
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MIL-OSI United Nations: First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the c ... Sun, 29 Mar 2020 06:57:00 +0200.

Source: United Nations MIL OSI. Diane Paloma is the CEO of Lunalilo Home and the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust which cares for elderly people in Honolulu, the capital of the US state of Hawaii. Some 80 residents and day-care clients a
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),