A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 161.96 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xg5. Unique identifier: us10002xg5. The temblor was detected at 02:01:51 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 14:01:51 / August 3, 2015 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -174.3384 West, latitude -16.4643 South, depth = 161.96 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 84 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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