A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Havelu in Tonga on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10005ztt. Event ids that are associated: us10005ztt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.36 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 204.36 km, -175.922° West, -20.9661° South. Global time and date of event 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 12:48:02 / July 4, 2016 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:48:02 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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