Uploaded on February 10, 2022

Event Event time: 2022-01-15 04:14:45 (UTC, USGS) Location: 20.546°S, 175.390°W (USGS) Depth: 0.0 km (USGS) Magnitude: Ms 5.8 (USGS)

Information in our site

• Tsunami Simulation - Tonga Tsunami on Jan. 15, 2022 by Dr. Fujii

Direct links

• M 5.8 Volcanic Eruption - 68 km NNW of Nuku'alofa, Tonga by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA
• Seismic Monitor, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter.
The epicenter is from the USGS. The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from ETOPO1 (doi:10.7289/V5C8276M).

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