Feeds & DataMagnitude 5.0 - TONGA REGION
2009 January 13 10:38:17 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.0 |
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| Date-Time |
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| Location | 22.784°S, 175.185°W |
| Depth | 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region | TONGA REGION |
| Distances | 180 km (110 miles) S of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 435 km (270 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 475 km (295 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga 1830 km (1140 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 12.9 km (8.0 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 36, Nph= 36, Dmin=901.2 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp=122°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2009bua3 |
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