A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 12:30:46 / July 6, 2015 @ 12:30 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.65 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20002ztt. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002ztt. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:30:46 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 19.65 km, -174.5792° West, -20.6993° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai, Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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