== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event has been revised.


Region: TONGA
Geographic coordinates: 20.641S, 174.068W
Magnitude: 6.8 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 24 Nov 2009 12:47:14
Time near the Epicenter: 25 Nov 2009 02:47:14
Local standard time in your area: 24 Nov 2009 12:47:14

Location with respect to nearby cities:
134 km (83 miles) ENE (65 degrees) of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
222 km (138 miles) S (182 degrees) of Neiafu, Tonga
470 km (292 miles) WSW (247 degrees) of Niue Island
2595 km (1613 miles) WSW (258 degrees) of PAPEETE, Tahiti,
French Polynesia


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2009pja1

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009pja1.php
or
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