A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134.8 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -174.9112° West, -19.8036° South, depth 134.8 km. Event id: us10004xdp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004xdp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 11:52:11 / March 14, 2016 @ 11:52 am. The temblor was detected at 00:52:11 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 58 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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