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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Leava in Wallis and Futuna

Posted by admin on May 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.5557S, -178.7274WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 152 km SSW of Leava, Wallis and Futuna (94 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.7274° West, latitude -15.5557° South, depth = 422.364 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 05:06:20 / May 23, 2025 @ 5:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 422.364 km (262 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:06:20 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q10l. Id of event: us7000q10l.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 152 km SSW of Leava, Wallis and Futuna.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.7274° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.5557° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 422.364 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152 km SSW of Leava, 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 2025-05-23 05:06:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-23 05:21:00 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 326 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 89 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.046 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 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 us7000q10l Id of event.
Event Code 7000q10l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q10l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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