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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Pangai in Tonga


Earthquake location -19.4391S, -174.0583WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:10:12 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000c5kq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c5kq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.0583 West, latitude -19.4391 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/20 / 2020-10-05 01:10:12 / October 5, 2020 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu, Pangai. The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 51 km NE of Pangai, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.0583° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.4391° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km NE 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 2020-10-05 01:10:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-05 01:34:42 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 369 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 3.919 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000c5kq Id of event.
Event Code 6000c5kq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c5kq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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