5/10/23 Tonga Region 7.6
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Earthquake Details | Seismogram Explanation |
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Location: Tonga Region | Pdiff-wave: not verified |
Date: May 10, 2023 | Sdiff-wave: not verified |
Time: 16:02:00 UTC; 11:02:00 am CDT | The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters. |
Latitude: 15.60 S | The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds. |
Longitude: 174.61 W | The beginning of the file is the origin of the event. |
Magnitude: 7.6 Mw | This was a very deep earthquake hence the lack of surface waves. |
Depth: 220.5 km | |
Distance: 98.25 degrees (~6,651 miles from Milwaukee) |