A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 22:30:40 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 10:30:40 / June 12, 2016 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000652v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000652v. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.4 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 36.4 km, -173.8469° West, -20.2289° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Event epicenter was 70 km (44 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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