M 4.6 in Tonga on 21 May 2025 15:19 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 1482732
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 115.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.2404 , -174.1856
Event Date: 21 May 2025 15:19 UTC
21 May 2025 03:19 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 21 May 2025 15:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000q0jj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

6.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga 5/25/2025 12:21:00 PM.

SUVA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 178 km SSW of ''Ohonua, Tonga at 23:49 local time on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicenter, with a d
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga 5/25/2025 12:11:00 PM.

SUVA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 178 km SSW of ''Ohonua, Tonga at 23:49 local time on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicenter, with a d
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga 5/25/2025 12:09:00 PM.

SUVA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 178 km SSW of ''Ohonua, Tonga at 23:49 local time on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicenter, with a d
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6.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands Region -- GFZ 5/25/2025 11:40:00 AM.

HONG KONG, May 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),