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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Sigave in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -16.2492S, -177.6084WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 223 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (139 miles) on Friday. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:23:32 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.6084 West, latitude -16.2492 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 03:23:32 / June 16, 2018 @ 3:23 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eszl. Id of event: us1000eszl.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 223 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.6084° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.2492° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 223km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-16 03:23:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-16 03:41:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 465 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.409 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000eszl Id of event.
Event Code 1000eszl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000eszl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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