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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on June 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.5686S, -173.8244WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Friday. The temblor was reported at 19:09:25 / 7:09 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: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 19:09:25 / June 12, 2020 @ 7:09 pm. Exact location of event, depth 120.7 km, -173.8244° West, -16.5686° South. Unique identifier: us6000aavr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000aavr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.7 km (75 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 68 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.8244° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.5686° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km S 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 2020-06-12 19:09:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-12 19:38:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 354 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 4.713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us6000aavr Id of event.
Event Code 6000aavr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000aavr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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