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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Alo in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -15.2932S, -177.7384WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 115 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (71 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njak. Id of event: us6000njak. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 04:46:03 / August 10, 2024 @ 4:46 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.7384 West, latitude -15.2932 South, depth = 403.153 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:46:03 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 403.153 km (251 miles).

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 twelve 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 115 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. 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 -177.7384° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.2932° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 403.153 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 115 km SSE of Alo, 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 2024-08-10 04:46:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 05:15:44 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.716 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000njak Id of event.
Event Code 6000njak An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njak, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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