Overall Green Earthquake in Tonga from 09 Dec 2008 18:51 UTC to 18:51

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M 5.2 in Tonga from 09 Dec 2008 18:51 UTC to 18:51

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 49196
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.2M
Depth:	593 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.81 , -178.94
Event Date:	09 Dec 2008 18:51 UTC 10 Dec 2008 06:51 Local
Exposed Population:	about 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	09 Dec 2008 19:08 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	0.5		0.5
	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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