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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Sigave in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -14.1851S, -177.7637WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Sigave in Wallis and Futuna on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -177.7637° West, latitude -14.1851° South, depth = 19.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.8 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:31:32 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 06:31:32 / August 25, 2019 @ 6:31 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us700057y9. Unique identifier: us700057y9.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigavé, Alo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km ENE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.7637° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.1851° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km ENE 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 2019-08-25 06:31:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-25 07:11:53 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.367 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us700057y9 Id of event.
Event Code 700057y9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700057y9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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