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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Houma in Tonga


Earthquake location -21.8501S, -176.5972WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 153 km WSW of Houma, Tonga (95 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000mumi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mumi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.178 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:55:52 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 12:55:52 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.5972 West, latitude -21.8501 South, depth = 168.178 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.5972° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.8501° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 168.178 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153 km WSW of Houma, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-28 12:55:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-28 13:14:24 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 416 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.464 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us6000mumi Id of event.
Event Code 6000mumi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mumi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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