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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Haveluloto in Tonga


Earthquake location -20.9463S, -177.763WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga (165 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/20 / 2020-10-12 18:14:35 / October 12, 2020 @ 6:14 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:14:35 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000c8sz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c8sz. Exact location of event, depth 534.36 km, -177.763° West, -20.9463° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 534.36 km (332 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.763° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.9463° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 534.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 265 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-12 18:14:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-22 16:53:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 5.074 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 us6000c8sz Id of event.
Event Code 6000c8sz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c8sz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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