A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/16 / 2016-02-27 11:45:01 / February 27, 2016 @ 11:45 am. Exact location, longitude -174.0379° West, latitude -15.5176° South, depth = 183.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.83 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10004u3i. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004u3i. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:45:01 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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