A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005c8w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005c8w. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:50:50 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 81.25 km, -174.1908° West, -15.6469° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 21:50:50 / March 21, 2016 @ 9:50 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.25 km (50 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 57 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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