A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Havelu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20005b0a. Event ids that are associated: us20005b0a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 11:55:42 / March 19, 2016 @ 11:55 am. Exact location, longitude -175.7155° West, latitude -21.2311° South, depth = 8.97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.97 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:55:42 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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 event was 54 km (34 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three 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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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. 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: 52 km W of Havelu, Tonga.
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