Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tonga from 28 May 2006 03:36 UTC to 03:36

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M 6.7 in Tonga from 28 May 2006 03:36 UTC to 03:36

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 18838
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.7M
Depth:	50.2 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.0472 , -174.523
Event Date:	28 May 2006 03:36 UTC 28 May 2006 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:	About 6000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2017 12:19 UTC

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Strong quake hits off Tonga 6/2/2006 10:58:00 AM.

A STRONG earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.1 struck today near the Pacific islands of Tonga, the US Government said.

Major earthquake strikes near Tonga 5/28/2006 7:27:00 AM.

6.7-magnitude quake strikes near Pacific island one day after another quake devastates Indonesia

Powerful Earthquake Strikes Near Tonga 5/28/2006 7:13:00 AM.

Powerful Earthquake Strikes Near Tonga Sunday May 28, 2006 6:01 AM SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck near the Pacific island of Tonga, the U.S. Geological survey said Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damag

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