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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near `Ohonua in Tonga


Earthquake location -21.0085S, -174.1405WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 19:25:39 / May 7, 2018 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:25:39 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.1405 West, latitude -21.0085 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000e04x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e04x.

Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km ENE of `Ohonua, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.1405° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.0085° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km ENE 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 2018-05-07 19:25:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-07 19:44:14 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 400 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 4.402 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 79 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 us1000e04x Id of event.
Event Code 1000e04x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e04x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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