A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Exact location of event, depth 28.88 km, -174.0637° West, -18.0278° South. Id of earthquake: us2000308l. Event ids that are associated: us2000308l. Global time and date of event 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 22:42:15 / July 26, 2015 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:42:15 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.88 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 69 km N of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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