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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on May 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.1643S, -175.9509WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 231 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (144 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.9509 West, latitude -16.1643 South, depth = 370.208 km. The temblor was detected at 00:11:38 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 00:11:38 / May 19, 2025 @ 12:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q02w. Unique identifier: us7000q02w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 370.208 km (230 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-two 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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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: 231 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.9509° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.1643° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 370.208 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 231 km W 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 2025-05-19 00:11:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-19 00:56:04 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 284 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.503 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us7000q02w Id of event.
Event Code 7000q02w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q02w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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