On October 19, 2008 at 05:10 UTC time a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Tonga was recorded by BC-ESP seismographs.  The first P wave arrived at our seismographs at 05:25 UTC time.

If you recorded this earthquake at your school, and/or have any thoughts about it that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.

For more info on this earthquake click here.