A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:06:17 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.0323 West, latitude -18.2268 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003via. Unique identifier: us10003via. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 10:06:17 / November 7, 2015 @ 10:06 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 47 km N of Neiafu, Tonga.
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