Strong earthquake 6.8 mag, 187 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga

A earthquake with magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 187 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga (116 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Fangale’ounga in Tonga (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -172.54° West, -19.672° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 20:05:34 / October 1, 2024 @ 8:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24275001. Id of event: pt24275001. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:05:34 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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 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: 187 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-172.54° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-19.672° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	187 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-01 20:05:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-01 20:11:56	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	711	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122.399990208	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	pt24275001	Id of event.
Event Code	24275001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24275001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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