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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag has occurred near Mata-Utu in Wallis and Futuna


Earthquake location -14.8149S, -175.7204WA earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 176 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna (109 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -175.7204° West, -14.8149° South, depth 314.19 km. Event id: us6000quy1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25205003, at00szxgb7, us6000quy1. Global time and date of event 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 23:37:56 / July 24, 2025 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 314.19 km (195 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mata-Utu in Wallis and Futuna (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:37:56 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 176 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.7204° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.8149° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 314.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 176 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 23:37:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-24 23:54:39 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.921 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000quy1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000quy1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25205003,at00szxgb7,us6000quy1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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