A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 175 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga (109 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -172.9894° West, latitude -17.3848° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 04:04:36 / June 10, 2016 @ 4:04 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200064rt. Ids that are associated to the event: us200064rt. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:04:36 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 175 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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