A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 117.94 km, -173.3707° West, -15.5779° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/15 / 2015-06-22 11:14:33 / June 22, 2015 @ 11:14 am. Event id: us20002w02. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002w02. The temblor was picked up at 23:14:33 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 117.94 km (73 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 57 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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