Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.5 - TONGA REGION
2009 April 04 11:07:13 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.5 |
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| Date-Time |
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| Location | 22.471°S, 174.687°W |
| Depth | 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | TONGA REGION |
| Distances | 155 km (95 miles) SSE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 430 km (265 miles) S of Neiafu, Tonga 460 km (285 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 1890 km (1170 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=140, Nph=140, Dmin=818.5 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 40°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q |
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| Event ID | us2009faay |
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