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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on September 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.1011S, -173.4965WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 06:32:33 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.4965° West, -15.1011° South. Unique identifier: us6000rd1t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rd1t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 06:32:33 / September 26, 2025 @ 6:32 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 99 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.4965° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.1011° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99 km NNE 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 2025-09-26 06:32:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-26 06:48:20 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 400 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.04 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000rd1t Id of event.
Event Code 6000rd1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rd1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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