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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Pangai in Tonga

Posted by admin on May 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.4717S, -174.2203WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -174.2203 West, latitude -20.4717 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 22:04:56 / May 11, 2025 @ 10:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:04:56 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyqf. Id of event: us7000pyqf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km S of Pangai, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.2203° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.4717° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km S 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 2025-05-11 22:04:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-11 22:24:46 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 465 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.93 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pyqf Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyqf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyqf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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