A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 12:58:57 / December 19, 2015 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100048cs. Event ids that are associated: us100048cs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:57 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.6913 West, latitude -15.143 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km N of Hihifo, Tonga.
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