A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga (57 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200064rz. Unique identifier: us200064rz. Exact location of event, longitude -172.9463 West, latitude -15.6663 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:26:37 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 07:26:37 / June 10, 2016 @ 7:26 am.
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 seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 91 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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