Strong earthquake 6.6 mag, 165 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna

A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was reported 165 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna (103 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pt25205003. Unique identifier: pt25205003. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 23:37:55 / July 24, 2025 @ 11:37 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:37:55 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 323.9 km (201 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -175.788° West, -14.732° South, depth 323.9 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mata-Utu in Wallis and Futuna (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 165 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-175.788° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.732° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	323.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	165 km SSE of Mata-Utu, 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	2025-07-24 23:37:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-24 23:45:59	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	1	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	670	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	183.599985312	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt25205003	Id of event.
Event Code	25205003	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25205003,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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