M 5.1 in Tonga on 13 Jun 2025 06:28 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 1485760
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 367.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.2974 , -176.2438
Event Date: 13 Jun 2025 06:28 UTC
12 Jun 2025 18:28 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI -
Inserted at: 13 Jun 2025 06:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qk1c 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

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Tonga was shaken near Hihifo, Niuas, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 only 13 minutes ago, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 107. km beneath the epicenter near Hihifo
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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 815 inhabitants in Tonga , in 133 km (83 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. The following table
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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),