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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Neiafu in Tonga


Earthquake location -17.4487S, -174.8547WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga (100 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 03:53:39 / March 31, 2019 @ 3:53 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:53:39 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -174.8547° West, -17.4487° South, depth 262.52 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 262.52 km (163 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kcej. Unique identifier: us2000kcej.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 161 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.8547° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4487° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 262.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161km NW of Neiafu, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-31 03:53:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-09 22:19:09 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 259 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 4.6 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us2000kcej Id of event.
Event Code 2000kcej An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000kcej, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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