A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -174.2926° West, -21.5384° South. The temblor was detected at 22:46:55 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/15 / 2015-06-30 10:46:55 / June 30, 2015 @ 10:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002mje. Id of event: us10002mje.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua. Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km ESE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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