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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 200 km northeast of Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga, on Sunday, Nov 27, 2022 at 2:57 pm (GMT +13) -

$Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 200 km northeast of Neiafu, Vava\'u, Tonga, on Sunday, Nov 27, 2022 at 2:57 pm (GMT +13)$ $Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 200 km northeast of Neiafu, Vava\'u, Tonga, on Sunday, Nov 27, 2022 at 2:57 pm (GMT +13)$

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 67 km depth

27 Nov 02:11 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 14 minutes.
27 Nov 02:14: Now using data updates from USGS
27 Nov 02:23: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 70.0 to 67.1 km (from 43 to 42 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 9.7 km (6 mi) towards WNW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 27, 2022 01:57:14 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Nov 27, 2022 at 2:57 pm (GMT +13)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	67.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	17.1309°S / 172.9782°W (South Pacific Ocean, Tonga)
Antipode	17.131°N / 7.022°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Tafahi (163 km / 101 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	157 km (98 mi) SE of Hihifo (pop: 815) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 200 km (124 mi) NNE of Neiafu (pop: 4,320) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 332 km (206 mi) NNE of Bangai (Pangai) (pop: 1,740) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 381 km (236 mi) SSW of Mulifanua (Samoa) (pop: 4,510) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 388 km (241 mi) WNW of Alofi (Niue) (pop: 624) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 389 km (242 mi) SSW of Apia (Samoa) (pop: 40,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 394 km (245 mi) SW of Tāfuna (Tualauta, American Samoa) (pop: 11,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 400 km (249 mi) SW of Pago Pago (Ma'Oputasi, American Samoa) (pop: 11,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.0	67 km	156 Km SE of Hihifo, Tonga	USGS
5.0	80 km	TONGA	EMSC
5.0	67 km	Tonga Islands	RaspberryShake
5.0	10 km	Tonga: Near Nouméa	RENASS
5.0	88 km	Tonga Islands	GFZ
5.2	57 km	Tonga Islands	GeoAu
5.0	10 km	Tonga Islands Region	IRIS

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Seismic station: Funafuti, Tuvalu (FUNA/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1278 km / 794 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Funafuti, Tuvalu: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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