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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Hihifo in Tonga

Posted by admin on June 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -16.8883S, -174.2038WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 03:48:18 / May 24, 2025 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:48:18 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -174.2038° West, latitude -16.8883° South, depth = 84.077 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.077 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000qj6c. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qj6c.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.2038° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.8883° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.077 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112 km SSW 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 2025-05-24 03:48:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-13 01:33:24 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000qj6c Id of event.
Event Code 6000qj6c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qj6c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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