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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Alo in Wallis and Futuna

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Earthquake location -15.1554S, -177.4033WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 120 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.4033 West, latitude -15.1554 South, depth = 392.641 km. Global time and date of event 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 17:40:51 / April 18, 2025 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:40:51 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pwnv. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwnv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 392.641 km (244 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 120 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.4033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.1554° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 392.641 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120 km SE 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 2025-04-18 17:40:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-09 19:17:46 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 246 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.372 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us7000pwnv Id of event.
Event Code 7000pwnv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pwnv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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