Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.9 - TONGA REGION
2009 April 06 12:16:14 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.9 |
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| Location | 22.450°S, 175.049°W |
| Depth | 84.6 km (52.6 miles) |
| Region | TONGA REGION |
| Distances | 145 km (90 miles) S of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 425 km (265 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 435 km (270 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga 1875 km (1160 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 11.9 km (7.4 miles); depth +/- 22.9 km (14.2 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 57, Nph= 57, Dmin=890.8 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp= 79°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2009fca5 |
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