A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 135 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga (84 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -175.1254° West, latitude -22.5452° South, depth = 97.76 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:31:51 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002whk. Id of event: us10002whk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.76 km (61 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 22:31:51 / July 30, 2015 @ 10:31 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 135 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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