A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -173.1709 West, latitude -15.4174 South, depth = 35.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005zcc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005zcc. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 22:42:08 / July 1, 2016 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.25 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:42:08 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 85 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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