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Earthquake with magnitude of mb 5.5 on date 29-09-2009 and time 18:40:11 (UTC) in region Tonga Islands [Sea: Tonga]

A magnitude mb 5.5 earthquake occured in region: Tonga Islands [Sea: Tonga], on

  • 29-09-2009 18:40:11 (UTC)
  • 29-09-2009 20:40:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 29-09-2009 07:40:11 (UTC -11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Apia)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -15.4000, -173.2000 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: CSEM.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		mb 5.5 2009-09-29
18:40:11		 -15.4 -173.2 10 2013-01-05
18:33:14		 CSEM 970649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-09-29 18:40:11
Latitude -15.4000
Longitude -173.2000
Depth (km) 10 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> CSEM
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 970649

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter)
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Number of stations at which the event was observed 19
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

mb:5.5

Field Value
Value 5.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 970649
Agency INGV
Autore CSEM
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:33:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:33.34 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.SMA1.EHE. 2009-09-29T19:00:21.31 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.MCEL.HHE. 2009-09-29T19:00:12.97 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:09.03 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:07.52 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.GRFL.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:07.38 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:07.19 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.VMG.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:06.70 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:05.03 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.PII.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:04.07 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.SALO.HHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:02.69 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.ORO.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:01.84 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.FSSB.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:01.76 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:01.94 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2009-09-29T19:00:01.25 0.1 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.CORL.HHE. 2009-09-29T18:59:56.59 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2009-09-29T18:59:41.16 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.ERBM.EHE. 2009-09-29T18:59:40.40 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
IV.MODR.HHZ. 2009-09-29T18:59:20.54 10.0 undecidable manual PKP 0 0 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NRCA.SHZ. ML:0.0 0.000044999999999999996 0.84 AML other m 2009-09-29T19:00:01.25
IV.GSCL.SHZ. Md:0.0 80.2 END duration s
IV.GRFL.SHZ. Md:0.0 47.1 END duration s
IV.PTQR.SHZ. Md:0.0 59.3 END duration s
IV.MODR.HHZ. Md:0.0 28 END duration s
IV.ERBM.EHE. Md:0.0 102 END duration s
IV.PZZT.HHN. Md:0.0 89 END duration s
IV.CORL.HHE. Md:0.0 11 END duration s
IV.FSSB.SHZ. Md:0.0 53 END duration s
IV.ORO.SHZ. Md:0.0 54.8 END duration s
IV.SALO.HHZ. Md:0.0 44 END duration s
IV.PII.SHZ. Md:0.0 47.2 END duration s
IV.SEI.SHZ. Md:0.0 30.9 END duration s
IV.SMA1.EHE. Md:0.0 22 END duration s
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