A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 10:03:56 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.5045 West, latitude -15.6818 South, depth = 23.48 km. Id of earthquake: us1000335b. Event ids that are associated: us1000335b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 22:03:56 / July 30, 2015 @ 10:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.48 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 39 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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