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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Sigave in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -14.7922S, -177.2941WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 108 kilometers (67 miles) from Sigave in Wallis and Futuna on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000577p. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000577p. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.2941° West, -14.7922° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 19:27:12 / August 22, 2019 @ 7:27 pm. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:27:12 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigavé, Alo (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 108 km ESE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.2941° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.7922° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km ESE of Sigave, 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 2019-08-22 19:27:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-22 19:45:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 518 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 5.346 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000577p Id of event.
Event Code 7000577p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000577p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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