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Strong earthquake: M6.9 quake has struck near Pangai in Tonga


Earthquake location -19.7545S, -175.0411WA earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 23:29:08 / 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 23:29:08 / August 25, 2024 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.664 km (66 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -175.0411 West, latitude -19.7545 South, depth = 106.664 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n9dt. Event ids that are associated: pt24238000, at00sisrwj, us7000n9dt.

Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 72 km W of Pangai, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.0411° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.7545° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.664 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km W 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 23:29:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-25 23:51:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.547 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 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 734 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.616 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us7000n9dt Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9dt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24238000,at00sisrwj,us7000n9dt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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