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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -15.8694S, -172.9039WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -172.9039 West, latitude -15.8694 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:08:16 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 12:08:16 / August 15, 2024 @ 12:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n755. Id of event: us7000n755. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). 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 Hihifo.

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km E of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.9039° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.8694° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 km E of Hihifo, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 12:08:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 12:34:29 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 326 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.23 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us7000n755 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n755 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n755, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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