A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. Event id: us20002ywd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002ywd. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -174.9965° West, latitude -20.6505° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 15:58:04 / July 21, 2015 @ 3:58 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:58:04 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km NNE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga.
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