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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -15.1565S, -173.2403WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.2403 West, latitude -15.1565 South, depth = 26.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:50 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 17:59:50 / November 23, 2019 @ 5:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.64 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006c8q. Unique identifier: us70006c8q.

Epicenter of the event was 107 km (66 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.2403° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.1565° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103km NNE 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 2019-11-23 17:59:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-23 18:18:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 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 1.882 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 68 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 us70006c8q Id of event.
Event Code 70006c8q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006c8q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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