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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.7631S, -173.6097WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.331 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mw9t. Id of event: us6000mw9t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 04:30:03 / May 4, 2024 @ 4:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.6097 West, latitude -16.7631 South, depth = 42.331 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:30:03 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter).

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

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.6097° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.7631° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.331 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km SSE 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 2024-05-04 04:30:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-04 06:37:21 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 326 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.341 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000mw9t Id of event.
Event Code 6000mw9t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mw9t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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