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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on March 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.995S, -172.1367WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 172 km E of Hihifo, Tonga (107 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was 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). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/20 / 2020-03-17 16:06:22 / March 17, 2020 @ 4:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:06:22 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60008h76. Event ids that are associated: pt20077001, us60008h76. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.1367 West, latitude -15.995 South, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 172 km E of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.1367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.995° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172km E 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 2020-03-17 16:06:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-17 16:33:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 0 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 518 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 ,pt,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 3.719 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60008h76 Id of event.
Event Code 60008h76 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20077001,us60008h76, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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