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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Pangai in Tonga


Earthquake location -19.542S, -175.4516WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:05:43 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 170.676 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -175.4516 West, latitude -19.542 South, depth = 170.676 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngty. Unique identifier: us7000ngty. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 00:05:43 / September 23, 2024 @ 12:05 am.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.4516° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.542° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170.676 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118 km WNW 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 2024-09-23 00:05:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-22 05:44:55 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 298 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us7000ngty Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngty An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngty, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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