A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 201.78 km (125 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -175.4193° West, -20.3556° South, depth 201.78 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:11:03 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 04:11:03 / December 1, 2015 @ 4:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042dd. Id of event: us100042dd.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 89 km NNW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga.
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