A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/16 / 2016-02-15 16:34:35 / February 15, 2016 @ 4:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 04:34:35 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.1954 West, latitude -21.6413 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10004qtl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004qtl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km SW of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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