M 4.7 in Tonga on 29 Apr 2024 20:21 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 1426564
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 388.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.7797 , -176.5036
Event Date: 29 Apr 2024 20:21 UTC
29 Apr 2024 08:21 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in MMI&>=I
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2024 20:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mv1i Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 12 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Apurimac enregistre un séisme de magnitude 4,82024-05-02T16:37+0200.

Le Centre National Sismologique (Censis) de l’Institut Géophysique du Pérou (IGP) a enregistré une secousse de magnitude 4,8 ce mercredi 1er mai, avec l’épicentre dans la ville d’Abancay, dans la province d’Abancay dans le département d’Apu
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 127 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga -- USGS2024-04-30T13:30+0200.

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 127 km east-south-east of Pangai, Tonga at 0728 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 127 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga -- USGS2024-04-30T13:30+0200.

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 127 km east-south-east of Pangai, Tonga at 0728 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 127 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga -- USGS2024-04-30T10:38+0200.

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),