A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 14:15:21 / October 21, 2015 @ 2:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:15:21 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003rxn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rxn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.84 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.7668 West, latitude -19.142 South, depth = 70.84 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, 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 have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 59 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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