A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:14:11 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.4591 West, latitude -20.8594 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/16 / 2016-02-16 14:14:11 / February 16, 2016 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10004r1i. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004r1i. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 40 km NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga.
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