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06 December 2019

ALERT: Mw 6.0 TONGA 182 km W Hihifo 06/12/2019 13:04 (UTC)

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Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
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EARTHQUAKE on 06/12/2019 at 13:04 (UTC)
TONGA 182 km W Hihifo

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.0

Data provided by: AUST DJA GFZ INGV KAN MAD NEIC PT SC3

Latitude = 15.40 S
Longitude = 175.36 W
Origin Time = 13:04:48.5 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km (f)
RMS = 1.49 sec
Gap = 67 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 9.2 Km
- Semi minor = 6.4 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 146 degrees

Number of data used = 144

Preliminary location computed on Fri Dec 6 13:28:13 2019 (UTC)
Done by S. Merrer

Comments :

Message number: 2857

All magnitudes estimations :
Mb5.2 (AUST) M 5.7 (DJA) Mw6.0 (GFZ) Mw6.0 (INGV)
Mb5.2 (KAN) Mb5.2 (MAD) Mw6.0 (NEIC) Mi6.4 (PT) M
5.8 (SC3)

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