Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Houma in Tonga

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (153 miles). Exact location of event, depth 463.845 km, -177.5638° West, -20.48° South. Id of earthquake: us6000nisq. Event ids that are associated: us6000nisq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 463.845 km (288 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 04:03:51 / August 8, 2024 @ 4:03 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:03:51 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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: 247 km WNW of Houma, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-177.5638° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20.48° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	463.845 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	247 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	2024-08-08 04:03:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-08 04:19:05	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.595	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	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	us6000nisq	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nisq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nisq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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