Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 14:29:40 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.2062 West, latitude -16.6388 South, depth = 8.92 km. 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: us7000cqt1. Id of event: us7000cqt1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.92 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/20 / 2020-12-13 14:29:40 / December 13, 2020 @ 2:29 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 98 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-173.2062° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-16.6388° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	98 km SE 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	2020-12-13 14:29:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-13 14:48:27	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	385	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	3.042	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.4 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	us7000cqt1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cqt1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cqt1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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