Overall Green Earthquake in Tonga on 14 Jan 2014 14:59 UTC

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M 5.3 in Tonga on 14 Jan 2014 14:59 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 1023426
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.3M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-16.3889 , -173.25
Event Date:	14 Jan 2014 14:59 UTC 14 Jan 2014 02:59 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1755 people within 100km
Inserted at:	14 Jan 2014 17:36 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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