Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga

A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.4 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:47:37 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.348 West, latitude -15.317 South, depth = 44.4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt20299001. Unique identifier: pt20299001. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 11:47:37 / October 25, 2020 @ 11:47 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 85 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-173.348° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.317° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	85 km NE 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	2020-10-25 11:47:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-25 12:02:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	573	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	20	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		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	pt20299001	Id of event.
Event Code	20299001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20299001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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