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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Houma in Tonga

Posted by admin on February 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.6713S, -175.7012WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Houma in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 09:57:48 / February 16, 2025 @ 9:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.052 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe3k. Id of event: us7000pe3k. The temblor was reported at 09:57:48 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -175.7012° West, latitude -20.6713° South, depth = 133.052 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 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: 69 km NW of Houma, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.7012° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.6713° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.052 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km NW of Houma, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-16 09:57:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 13:25:45 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 369 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.661 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us7000pe3k Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe3k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe3k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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