M 5 in Tonga Islands on 25 May 2022 23:41 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 1324017
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.881 , -174.446
Event Date: 25 May 2022 23:41 UTC
26 May 2022 12:41 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2022 00:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hcja Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  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: 649 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Uni voyage maps our tsunami risk2022-05-29T23:43+0200.

At sea: The crew left Hobart on Saturday and will investigate features including the Ulladulla underwater canyon and slope and Byron slide and canyon. UNIVERSITY of Newcastle marine scientists and students are among those onboard CSIRO res
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Earthquake hits Bay of Bengal, tremors felt in Chennai | #...2022-05-29T22:38+0200.

New Delhi (The Statesman) - According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the earthquake measured 5.1 on the Richter scale. Chennai was shaken by mild tremors as an earthquake struck the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning at 7:02
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Port Maria to become second tsunami-ready town in Jamaica - McKenzie2022-05-29T21:36+0200.

The coastal town of Port Maria in St Mary is to become the second tsunami-ready town in Jamaica after Old Harbour in St Catherine. This is being achieved with the support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, and UNESCO. The
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Meyrals : de l’électro beach va résonner bientôt sur la place de l’égl ... 2022-05-29T19:18+0200.

Après un événement ska qui avait amené de l’ambiance à la salle du pôle intergénérationnel de Saint-André-Allas samedi 14 mai, l’association Le Sillon investira la place du village de Meyrals samedi 11 juin, à partir de 19 h 30, pour une so
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),