M 6 in Tonga on 25 May 2025 10:49 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 1483149
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 48 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.8689 , -175.8697
Event Date: 25 May 2025 10:49 UTC
24 May 2025 22:49 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 25 May 2025 13:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000q1e7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

6.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga 5/26/2025 3:37:00 AM.

Suva, May 25 (UNI) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Ohonua, in Tonga, on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicenter, with a depth of 11.6 km, was initially determine
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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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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),