M 5.4 in Tonga on 24 Apr 2024 05:53 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 1425647
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 226 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.8525 , -175.6651
Event Date: 24 Apr 2024 05:53 UTC
23 Apr 2024 17:53 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2024 06:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mten Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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 (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),