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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Houma in Tonga


Earthquake location -23.2562S, -176.5553WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 264 km SSW of Houma, Tonga (164 miles) on Tuesday. 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: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 13:53:43 / May 28, 2024 @ 1:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:53:43 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 161.6 km, -176.5553° West, -23.2562° South. Unique identifier: us6000n1h6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1h6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 161.6 km (100 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 264 km SSW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.5553° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.2562° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 161.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 264 km SSW 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 2024-05-28 13:53:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 14:13:54 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 400 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.09 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us6000n1h6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n1h6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n1h6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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