M 5.7 in Tonga on 01 Jul 2026 21:13 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 1549627
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 259 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.9457 , -174.8243
Event Date: 01 Jul 2026 21:13 UTC
01 Jul 2026 09:13 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI>=II
Inserted at: 01 Jul 2026 23:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t9hu Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Strong mag. 5.7 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 318 km north of Tofu.. 7/1/2026 10:17:00 PM.

Alert level for this earthquake: Level GREEN Based on seismic and statistical models, USGS estimates that the risk of fatalities and damage from this earthquake is low . The main factors that contribute to this evaluation are: The maximum e
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5.5-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 7/1/2026 9:50:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.
5.5-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 7/1/2026 9:38:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Tonga Islands at 2113 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 274.8 km, was initially determined to be at
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5.5-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ 7/1/2026 9:33:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Tonga Islands at 2113 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 274.8 km, was initially determined to be at
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),