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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -16.7835S, -173.8534WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us2000j30k. Event ids that are associated: us2000j30k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:12:30 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.8534 West, latitude -16.7835 South, depth = 159.81 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.81 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 21:12:30 / December 24, 2018 @ 9:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 92 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.8534° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7835° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 159.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km S 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 2018-12-24 21:12:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-15 03:48:50 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 271 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 3.489 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us2000j30k Id of event.
Event Code 2000j30k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j30k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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