Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked Tonga today. Samoa and Wallis and Futuna were also affected. No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake.
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time • 6 Dec 2019 13:04:47 UTC
• 6 Dec 2019 01:04:47 near epicenter
Location 15.284S 175.119W
Depth 10 km
Distances • 160.1 km (99.3 mi) WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
• 395.3 km (245.1 mi) WSW of Apia, Samoa
• 485.0 km (300.7 mi) WSW of T?funa, American Samoa
• 488.3 km (302.8 mi) WSW of Pago Pago, American Samoa
• 604.3 km (374.7 mi) ENE of Labasa, Fiji
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 8.4 km; Vertical 1.9 km
Parameters Nph = 52; Dmin = 390.5 km; Rmss = 0.81 seconds; Gp = 50°
