A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ae8. Id of event: us10004ae8. Exact location of event, depth 32.19 km, -174.5495° West, -21.9037° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:08:34 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 11:08:34 / December 30, 2015 @ 11:08 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.19 km (20 miles).
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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