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Strong earthquake: M6 quake has struck near ‘Ohonua in Tonga

Posted by admin on May 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.7876S, -175.7249WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 178 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga (111 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.552 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:49:53 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.7249 West, latitude -22.7876 South, depth = 11.552 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/25 / 2025-05-25 10:49:53 / May 25, 2025 @ 10:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1e7. Id of event: us7000q1e7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 178 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.7249° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.7876° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.552 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 178 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-25 10:49:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-25 11:08:57 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 554 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.557 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us7000q1e7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1e7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1e7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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