Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Alo in Wallis and Futuna

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Alo in Wallis and Futuna. Exact location of earthquake, -178.2821° West, -15.2008° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 01:51:34 / December 12, 2024 @ 1:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:51:34 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000ny28. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ny28.

Epicenter of the event was 102 km (63 miles) from Sigavé (c. 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Alo (c. 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sigavé, Alo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Wallis and Futuna (c. 16 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 100 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-178.2821° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-15.2008° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	100 km S of Alo, 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	2024-12-12 01:51:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-12 02:09:56	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	482	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	88	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.591	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us7000ny28	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ny28	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ny28,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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