A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 23:29:07 / June 1, 2016 @ 11:29 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062k4. Id of event: us200062k4. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:07 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -172.9708 West, latitude -16.02 South, depth = 35 km.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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