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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Pangai in Tonga


Earthquake location -20.3946S, -173.8046WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:17 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.618 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 16:54:17 / August 15, 2024 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location of event, depth 25.618 km, -173.8046° West, -20.3946° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n77w. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n77w.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 six and in the last 365 days fifteen 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.8046° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.3946° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.618 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km SE of Pangai, 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 16:54:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 18:26:54 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 340 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.455 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us7000n77w Id of event.
Event Code 7000n77w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n77w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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