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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Neiafu in Tonga

Posted by admin on October 19, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.175S, -171.959WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 220 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga (137 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19292001. Id of event: pt19292001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 82.6 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 82.6 km, -171.959° West, -18.175° South. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:40:18 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/19 / 2019-10-19 08:40:18 / October 19, 2019 @ 8:40 am.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 220 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -171.959° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.175° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 220km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-19 08:40:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-19 08:48:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 500 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104.399991648 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19292001 Id of event.
Event Code 19292001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19292001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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