M 5 in Tonga on 30 Nov 2020 00:37 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4335 , -174.7166
Event Date: 30 Nov 2020 00:37 UTC
29 Nov 2020 12:37 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000cl0u
Inserted at: 30 Nov 2020 04:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000cl0u Scaled population (vector) -0.7  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1345560 0 30 Nov 2020 00:37 4.9M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 00:15 NEIC
1345586 0 30 Nov 2020 00:37 5M, 10km N/A Few people (in 100km) 04:05 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Tonga , of Tonga (population 98,000) .

Radius Population
100 km <1000 people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Tonga Tonga 98000 people
Samoa Samoa 160000 people
Wallis & Futuna Wallis and Futuna 14000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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