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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Neiafu in Tonga

Posted by admin on October 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.3967S, -173.4475WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 150 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga (93 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.4475° West, -17.3967° South, depth 40.756 km. Unique identifier: us6000nwpi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwpi. The temblor was picked up at 11:45:30 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 11:45:30 / October 5, 2024 @ 11:45 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.756 km (25 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 150 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.4475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.3967° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.756 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-05 11:45:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-05 12:07:11 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 3.347 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 449 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.739 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nwpi Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwpi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwpi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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