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- M7.5 - Earthquake in Tonga

 

Surge wave captured in Girona at a Citizen station during the M7.5 earthquake in Tonga

 

M7.5 - Earthquake in Tonga

Earthquake in Tonga
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Earthquake data:

 

Date and time of origin: 2026-03-24 04:37:50 UTC
Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: 2026-03-24 04:56:58 UTC
Location where the station is located: Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU)
Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: 19 minutes and 8 seconds
Distance from the epicenter to the station: 13.228,39 Km
Wave speed: 11,52 km/s => 11.522,99 m/s
Wave type (according to speed): PKP
Sensor type: Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s
Sampling frequency (sps): 100Hz
Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave:
* By order of detection
0.7 - 2Hz
Place of Origin: 166 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter:  📍 18.6680°N 175.5600°E
Depth (hypocenter): 229.5 km
Magnitude Richter Scale: M7.5
Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It):
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URL Official Data USGS:  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/...
URL Official Data EMSC:  https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/e...
Unofficial data URL Volcano Discovery:  https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake...

 

 





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