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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -15.423S, -174.559WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:16 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -174.559° West, -15.423° South, depth 10.44 km. Global time and date of event 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 16:59:16 / April 22, 2018 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.44 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000dqc2. Event ids that are associated: us1000dqc2.

Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 104 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.559° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.423° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104km NW 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 2018-04-22 16:59:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-22 17:20:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 416 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 7.45 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us1000dqc2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000dqc2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dqc2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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