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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

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Earthquake location -20.6523S, -177.7591WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (162 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.7591 West, latitude -20.6523 South, depth = 541.948 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 15:33:36 / May 10, 2024 @ 3:33 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000mz03. Event ids that are associated: us6000mz03. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:33:36 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 541.948 km (337 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.7591° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.6523° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 541.948 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-10 15:33:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-19 16:00:19 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 284 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.444 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us6000mz03 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mz03 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mz03, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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