A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 10:23:22 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002pcm. Id of event: us20002pcm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/15 / 2015-06-02 22:23:22 / June 2, 2015 @ 10:23 pm. Exact location, longitude -173.4511° West, latitude -15.434° South, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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