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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Leava in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -14.0539S, -178.7421WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Leava in Wallis and Futuna on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mw3a. Id of event: us6000mw3a. Exact location of earthquake, -178.7421° West, -14.0539° South, depth 5.56 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.56 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:23:51 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 20:23:51 / April 26, 2024 @ 8:23 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alo, Sigavé. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km WNW of Leava, Wallis and Futuna.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.7421° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.0539° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km WNW of Leava, Wallis and Futuna Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-26 20:23:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-22 21:59:48 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.653 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000mw3a Id of event.
Event Code 6000mw3a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mw3a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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