A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003hj9. Unique identifier: us20003hj9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/15 / 2015-08-26 02:11:23 / August 26, 2015 @ 2:11 am. The temblor was detected at 14:11:23 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -173.1004° West, -15.8345° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km E of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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