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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 71 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.0276S, -174.1443WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Wednesday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:01 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.285 km (86 miles). Exact location of event, depth 138.285 km, -174.1443° West, -18.0276° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 06:46:01 / May 15, 2024 @ 6:46 am. Unique identifier: us6000mypk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mypk.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.1443° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.0276° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.285 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-15 06:46:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 17:43:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 432 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.134 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000mypk Id of event.
Event Code 6000mypk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mypk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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