M 5.8 in Tonga on 09 Sep 2021 04:59 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 1285102
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.2552 , -176.4147
Event Date: 09 Sep 2021 04:59 UTC
08 Sep 2021 16:59 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 13 Sep 2021 07:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000f9l5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Tonga, Fiji: Magnitude-5.8 offshore earthquake occurs in South Pacific ... 2021-09-09T08:16+0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.8 offshore earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean at around 17:59 TOT Sept. 9. The epicenter was about 232 km (144 miles) west-northwest of Pangai, Tonga. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles),
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TERREMOTO TONGA, scossa di magnitudo 6 a Pangai, tutti i...2021-09-07T17:20+0200.

Scossa di terremoto a Pangai, Tonga. Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6, si è verificata alle ore 22:49 (ore 11:49 in Italia) con epicentro nei pressi di Pangai, Tonga. La profondità stimata è stata di circa 10 Km . Potete monitorare tu
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Tonga: Magnitude-5.8 earthquake occurs in South Pacific Ocean Sept. 72021-09-07T12:42+0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.8 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean, near Tonga, at around 22:49 Sept. 7. The epicenter was about 185 km (115 miles) west-northwest of Pangai, Tonga. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles),
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Terremoto in Sicilia oggi, lunedì 6 settembre 2021: scossa M 2.6 in pr ... 2021-09-06T08:41+0200.

Terremoto in Sicilia oggi, lunedì 6 settembre 2021: registrata in mattinata scossa di M 2.6 a Messina. L’ Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia ha rilevato, nella mattinata di lunedì 6 settembre 2021, una scossa di terremoto di mag
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),