Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tonga Islands on 16 Dec 2022 16:38 UTC

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M 4.6 in Tonga Islands on 16 Dec 2022 16:38 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 1350757
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	206.934 Km
Lat/Lon:	-19.8921 , -175.3851
Event Date:	16 Dec 2022 16:38 UTC 16 Dec 2022 04:38 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at:	16 Dec 2022 17:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000j9ss	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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