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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 159 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

Posted by admin on July 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.4487S, -172.3973WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 159 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga (99 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 18:21:59 / July 15, 2024 @ 6:21 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -172.3973 West, latitude -16.4487 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000mzev. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzev. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:21:59 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.3973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.4487° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 159 km ESE 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 2024-07-15 18:21:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-15 18:39:17 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 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.594 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000mzev Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzev An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzev, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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