M 4.6 in Tonga on 16 Jan 2022 15:32 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 1306227
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 131.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4266 , -174.2131
Event Date: 16 Jan 2022 15:32 UTC
16 Jan 2022 03:32 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2022 16:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gchb Scaled population (vector) -0.22  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 353 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Kids play in the debris of Tongan disaster2022-01-20T15:14+0100.

Images from Tonga show children playing among debris and locals cleaning up volcanic ash after the weekend undersea earthquake. The underground eruption caused a tsunami that claimed the lives of at least three people. Communication with To
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What causes a tsunami and why are they so destructive2022-01-20T12:45+0100.

Waltham, Massachusetts: On 15 January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami racing across the Pacific Ocean in all directions. As word of the eruption spread, government agencies on surrounding isl
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Tonga: il video esclusivo dalla capitale Nuku’alofa ricoperta di cener ... 2022-01-20T12:37+0100.

Arrivano le prime immagini, in un video esclusivo di Ap, delle strade della città: sono evidenti i danni provocati anche dallo tsunami che ha colpito le isole in seguito all’esplosione. Sempre oggi, giovedì 20 gennaio, sono arrivati i primi
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Kids play in the debris of Tongan disaster2022-01-20T10:42+0100.

Images from Tonga show children playing among debris and locals cleaning up volcanic ash after the weekend undersea earthquake. The underground eruption caused a tsunami that claimed the lives of at least three people. Communication with To
...(more)

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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),