A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 16:21:27 / August 5, 2015 @ 4:21 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 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: us1000340e. Unique identifier: us1000340e. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -174.6317° West, -21.535° South. The temblor was detected at 04:21:27 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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