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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 86 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga

Posted by admin on December 14, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -21.9504S, -174.4391WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 21:26:49 / December 14, 2016 @ 9:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.84 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:26:49 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200080ti. Event ids that are associated: us200080ti. Exact location of event, longitude -174.4391 West, latitude -21.9504 South, depth = 34.84 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.4391° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.9504° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-14 21:26:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-14 21:46:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 432 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.104 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200080ti Id of event.
Event Code 200080ti An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200080ti, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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