A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Monday. Event id: us200030ql. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200030ql. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.5 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -173.4046 West, latitude -15.873 South, depth = 30.5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 05:57:43 / July 28, 2015 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:57:43 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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