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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -16.2651S, -176.403WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 285 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (177 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.403 West, latitude -16.2651 South, depth = 370.51 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 16:15:52 / January 10, 2019 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:15:52 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2jd. Id of event: us2000j2jd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 370.51 km (230 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 285 km W of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.403° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.2651° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 370.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 285km W of Hihifo, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-10 16:15:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-10 16:43:33 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 340 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 2.556 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000j2jd Id of event.
Event Code 2000j2jd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j2jd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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