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USGS usp000dfb8

1 Feb 2005, 10:28

115 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 172.5 km depth.

Depth172.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 115 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga?

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-20.398000, -175.982000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dfb8
Coordinates
-20.398, -175.982
Network
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Significance
465