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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Sigave in Wallis and Futuna

Posted by admin on March 31, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -14.4492S, -177.6827WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sigave in Wallis and Futuna. Unique identifier: us2000k7yd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k7yd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.6827 West, latitude -14.4492 South, depth = 367.04 km. The temblor was detected at 22:42:44 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 10:42:44 / March 31, 2019 @ 10:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 367.04 km (228 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigavé, Alo. Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km ESE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.6827° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.4492° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 367.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km ESE 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 2019-03-31 10:42:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-31 12:38:13 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 298 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 0.447 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us2000k7yd Id of event.
Event Code 2000k7yd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k7yd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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