Strong, Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked Tonga and Samoa islands today.
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time • 4 Nov 2017 09:00:20 UTC
• 4 Nov 2017 09:00:20 near epicenter
Location 15.357S 173.219W
Depth 10 km
Distances • 90.5 km (56.1 mi) NE of Hihifo, Tonga
• 230.0 km (142.6 mi) SW of Apia, Samoa
• 291.7 km (180.9 mi) WSW of Tฤfuna, American Samoa
• 296.0 km (183.5 mi) WSW of Pago Pago, American Samoa
• 673.5 km (417.5 mi) NNE of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 7.2 km; Vertical 1.5 km
Parameters Nph = 127; Dmin = 539.9 km; Rmss = 1.01 seconds; Gp = 24°
ALL AVAILABLE DATA INDICATES THAT A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE.
