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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on October 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.1652S, -173.9707WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -173.9707° West, latitude -16.1652° South, depth = 93.856 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn19. Id of event: us7000nn19. The temblor was detected at 23:28:20 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 23:28:20 / October 24, 2024 @ 11:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.856 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 29 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.9707° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.1652° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.856 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km SW 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 2024-10-24 23:28:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-24 23:50:05 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 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 400 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us7000nn19 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn19 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn19, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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