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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Fangale’ounga in Tonga


Earthquake location -19.3219S, -175.0696WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. Unique identifier: us6000mw3q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw3q. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 01:25:13 / April 27, 2024 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 131.112 km, -175.0696° West, -19.3219° South. The temblor was detected at 01:25:13 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 131.112 km (81 miles).

Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.0696° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.3219° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 131.112 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 01:25:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 23:25:13 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.843 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000mw3q Id of event.
Event Code 6000mw3q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mw3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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