Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 252 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (157 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/15 / 2015-10-05 11:55:16 / October 5, 2015 @ 11:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10003nl3. Event ids that are associated: us10003nl3. Exact location of event, longitude -176.1125 West, latitude -15.9973 South, depth = 377.88 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 377.88 km (235 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:55:16 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 252 km W of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-176.1125° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.9973° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	377.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	252km W 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	2015-10-05 11:55:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-20 07:00:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.676	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	us10003nl3	Id of event.
Event Code	10003nl3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10003nl3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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