M4.8 - 62km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga (BETA) 2013-01-22 07:29:29 UTC

Earthquake location 16.468°S, 173.991°W

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Parameter	Value	Uncertainty
Magnitude	4.8 Mb	Not Specified
Location	16.468°S, 173.991°W	± 3.4 km
Depth	99.8 km	± 4.4 km
Number of Stations Used	248
Number of Phases Used	248
Minimum Distance	518.1 km (4.65°)
Travel Time Residual	0.56 sec
Azimuthal Gap	43°
Review Status	REVIEWED
Event ID	usb000esku

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Product	Title	Links	ID
origin (Preferred) (US)	Earthquake XML (EQXML)	XML (1 KB)	usb000esku
origin (US)	Earthquake XML (Quakeml)	XML (2 KB)	pde20130122072930710_101
phase-data (Preferred) (US)	Earthquake XML (Quakeml)	XML (209 KB)	pde20130122072930710_101

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Page Last Modified: March 16, 2013 00:10:04 UTC

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