Earthquake details

Wednesday, June 22, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit south of Tonga on Wednesday, June 22, 1977 at 20:03 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nasinu, about 958.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -175.338 and latitude -24.501.

Magnitude 5.0
Alert Strong
Depth 8.0 km
Coordinates -24.501, -175.338
UTC time 1977-06-22 20:03:52.700
Location south of Tonga
Country south of Tonga
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1977-06-22

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