Strong earthquake 6.1 mag, 160 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga (99 miles) on Friday. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:48 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.5 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 15:42:48 / December 6, 2019 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 24.5 km, -175.003° West, -15.15° South. Unique identifier: pt19340001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19340001.

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 160 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-175.003° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.15° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	160km WNW 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	2019-12-06 15:42:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-06 15:54:20	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	572	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	13	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	161.99998704	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	pt19340001	Id of event.
Event Code	19340001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19340001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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