A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -173.1282 West, latitude -15.5301 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 06:56:46 / August 21, 2015 @ 6:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100033vw. Unique identifier: us100033vw. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:56:46 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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