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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 105 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

Posted by admin on April 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.4393S, -174.6203WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.6203 West, latitude -15.4393 South, depth = 177.896 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q68b. Event ids that are associated: us6000q68b. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:50 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 08:01:50 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.896 km (111 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 105 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.6203° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.4393° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 177.896 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 km WNW 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 2025-04-04 08:01:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-23 11:58:26 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 432 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 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.14 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us6000q68b Id of event.
Event Code 6000q68b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q68b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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