A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.38 km (23 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:52:24 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000308x. Event ids that are associated: us2000308x. Global time and date of event 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 23:52:24 / July 26, 2015 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -174.2238° West, -18.1984° South, depth 37.38 km.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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