A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Vaini in Tonga on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 153.82 km, -175.3615° West, -21.4353° South. The temblor was reported at 15:46:31 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 03:46:31 / July 27, 2015 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 153.82 km (96 miles). Event id: us100032bb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032bb.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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