M 5.6 in Tonga on 10 Feb 2026 21:14 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 1523937
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.97 , -172.9395
Event Date: 10 Feb 2026 21:14 UTC
10 Feb 2026 09:14 Local
Exposed Population: 230 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 10 Feb 2026 22:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000s7pk Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.
6.0-magnitude quake hits Samoa -- USGS 2/10/2026 9:50:00 PM.

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 136 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa at 2114 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 49.5 km, was initially determined to be at 14.91
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Samoa -- USGS 2/10/2026 9:49:00 PM.

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 136 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa at 2114 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 49.5 km, was initially determined to be at 14.91
...(more)
6.0-magnitude quake hits Samoa -- USGS 2/10/2026 9:46:00 PM.

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 136 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa at 2114 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 49.5 km, was initially determined to be at 14.91
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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), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),