M 5.5 in Tonga on 17 Jun 2021 13:41 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 1273522
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.2326 , -172.7823
Event Date: 17 Jun 2021 13:41 UTC
17 Jun 2021 01:41 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2021 16:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000edug Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Tsunamis - MondeThu, 17 Jun 2021 16:43:00 +0200.

27/12 : L’Indonésie a relevé le niveau d’alerte concernant le volcan qui a généré un tsunami dans le détroit de la Sonde. Les autorités ont également élargi à cinq kilomètres le rayon de la zone interdite. Publié le : 5 décembre 2018: Modi
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Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, Tonga, on 10 Jun 6:44 ... Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:20:00 +0200.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.4 quake in Tonga near Hihifo, Niuas, only 21 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Thursday 10 June 2021 at 6:44 pm local time at an intermediate to considerable depth of
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Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake 83 km east of Neiafu, TongaThu, 03 Jun 2021 17:32:00 +0200.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in Tonga near Neiafu, Vava'u, 34 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Friday 4 June 2021 at 3:32 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. Magnitude and other q
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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 83 km east of Neia ... Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:32:00 +0200.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in Tonga near Neiafu, Vava'u, 34 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Friday 4 June 2021 at 3:32 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. Magnitude and other q
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),