Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag was detected near Pangai in Tonga

A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 23:29:07 / August 25, 2024 @ 11:29 pm. Id of earthquake: at00sisrwj. Event ids that are associated: pt24238000, at00sisrwj. The temblor was picked up at 23:29:07 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Pangai in Tonga (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131 km (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -174.3° West, -20° South, depth 131 km.

Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-174.3° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	131 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-25 23:29:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-25 23:37:15	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	1	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	670	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	100.799991936	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00sisrwj	Id of event.
Event Code	00sisrwj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24238000,at00sisrwj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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