M 5.6 in Tonga on 27 Jul 2022 09:36 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 1332252
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.7282 , -173.8523
Event Date: 27 Jul 2022 09:36 UTC
27 Jul 2022 22:36 Local
Exposed Population: About 12000 people in MMI
20 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2022 14:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000i5va Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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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: 18 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Tonga was shaken near Neiafu, Vava'u, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 only 17 minutes ago, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Neiafu, Vava'u, Ton
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Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists pred ... 2022-07-26T02:48+0200.

Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in Japan has used disturbances in the earth’s upper atmosphere to track the airwaves that cause tsunami. Their findings may lea
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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga, was reported only 25 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred
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“À la recherche de la vérité” par Yang Jiechi2022-07-20T07:30+0200.

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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),