A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -175.3406° West, latitude -22.0218° South, depth = 99.88 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 09:24:25 / August 5, 2015 @ 9:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.88 km (62 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:24:25 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10002y24. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002y24.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 86 km SSW of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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