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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 85 km W of Houma, Tonga


Earthquake location -21.0319S, -176.115WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 85 km W of Houma, Tonga (53 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 199.38 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.115 West, latitude -21.0319 South, depth = 199.38 km. Event id: us6000mtq6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtq6. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:45:50 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 05:45:50 / April 17, 2024 @ 5:45 am. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 85 km W of Houma, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.115° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.0319° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km W 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 2024-04-17 05:45:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 12:03:29 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 271 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.862 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000mtq6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtq6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtq6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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