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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on November 30, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.0114S, -174.7316WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 153 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga (95 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -174.7316 West, latitude -17.0114 South, depth = 74.68 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/20 / 2020-11-29 23:56:59 / November 29, 2020 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cl0j. Id of event: us7000cl0j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.68 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:56:59 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter).

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 fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 153 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.7316° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.0114° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 km SW 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 2020-11-29 23:56:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-30 00:17:02 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 3.286 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 465 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 4.229 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000cl0j Id of event.
Event Code 7000cl0j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cl0j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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