A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Thursday. Unique identifier: us10003v6u. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003v6u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:50 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 09:43:50 / November 6, 2015 @ 9:43 am. Exact location, longitude -173.4586° West, latitude -19.844° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km E of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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