A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Friday. Global time and date of event 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 14:22:14 / August 7, 2015 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.1641 West, latitude -18.0692 South, depth = 26.36 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.36 km (16 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000304i. Unique identifier: us1000304i. The temblor was reported at 02:22:14 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga.
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