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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Pangai in Tonga


Earthquake location -19.5751S, -174.6782WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 08:38:40 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 74.9 km, -174.6782° West, -19.5751° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.9 km (47 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/15 / 2015-12-16 20:38:40 / December 16, 2015 @ 8:38 pm. 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: us20004hm8. Id of event: us20004hm8.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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: 42 km NW of Pangai, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.6782° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.5751° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NW 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 2015-12-16 20:38:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-16 20:54:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 416 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us20004hm8 Id of event.
Event Code 20004hm8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20004hm8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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