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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on January 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.3152S, -172.972WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/17 / 2017-01-28 22:32:51 / January 28, 2017 @ 10:32 pm. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:32:51 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007vz5. Event ids that are associated: us10007vz5. Exact location of earthquake, -172.972° West, -15.3152° South, depth 10 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 113 km (70 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 109 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.972° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3152° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109km NE of Hihifo, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-28 22:32:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-28 22:56:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.81 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 500 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 1.814 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us10007vz5 Id of event.
Event Code 10007vz5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007vz5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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