A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002wcc. Unique identifier: us10002wcc. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -173.4522 West, latitude -15.2168 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:12:52 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 08:12:52 / July 11, 2015 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 87 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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