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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -16.2694S, -172.4985WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 143 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga (89 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 17:40:18 / July 15, 2024 @ 5:40 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzel, pt24197000. Unique identifier: us7000mzel. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.4985 West, latitude -16.2694 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:40:18 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 143 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.4985° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.2694° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143 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 17:40:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-15 18:01:07 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 3.811 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 518 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,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.447 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us7000mzel Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzel An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzel,pt24197000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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