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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -15.0343S, -173.6125WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6125 West, latitude -15.0343 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:02:37 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 22:02:37 / May 28, 2024 @ 10:02 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000mnmx. Event ids that are associated: us7000mnmx.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.6125° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.0343° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103 km N 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 2024-05-28 22:02:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 22:23:11 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 385 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.096 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000mnmx Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnmx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnmx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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