A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The epicenter was 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). The temblor was picked up at 07:21:06 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vhw. Id of event: us20002vhw. Global time and date of event 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 19:21:06 / July 6, 2015 @ 7:21 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -174.3142 West, latitude -21.1011 South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km ENE of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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