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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -16.4767S, -173.7322WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.539 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:59:27 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 21:59:27 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:59 pm. Exact location of event, depth 61.539 km, -173.7322° West, -16.4767° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhkj. Unique identifier: us7000nhkj.

Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.7322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.4767° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.539 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km S 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 2024-10-01 21:59:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 22:26:16 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 340 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 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 us7000nhkj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhkj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhkj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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