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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Houma in Tonga

Posted by admin on December 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.4629S, -177.9075WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (175 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 550.592 km, -177.9075° West, -20.4629° South. The temblor was reported at 19:57:20 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 550.592 km (342 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pg6r. Id of event: us6000pg6r. Global time and date of event 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 19:57:20 / December 28, 2024 @ 7:57 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.9075° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.4629° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 550.592 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-28 19:57:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-28 20:17:01 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 1.531 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 465 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.679 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us6000pg6r Id of event.
Event Code 6000pg6r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pg6r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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