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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -16.1737S, -174.6587WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga (59 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 14:19:30 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d222. Id of event: us7000d222. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 301.6 km (187 miles). Global time and date of event 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 14:19:30 / January 12, 2021 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -174.6587 West, latitude -16.1737 South, depth = 301.6 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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: 95 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.6587° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.1737° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 301.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km WSW 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 2021-01-12 14:19:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-24 17:55:15 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 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 3.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us7000d222 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d222 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d222, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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