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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on May 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.8631S, -174.1137WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 19:43:54 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 153.48 km (95 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 19:43:54 / May 23, 2025 @ 7:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -174.1137 West, latitude -15.8631 South, depth = 153.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000q16g. Event ids that are associated: us7000q16g.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.1137° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.8631° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 153.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km WNW 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 2025-05-23 19:43:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-23 22:01:01 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 340 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.976 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us7000q16g Id of event.
Event Code 7000q16g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q16g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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