A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 13:13:58 / July 6, 2016 @ 1:13 pm. Id of earthquake: us100061af. Event ids that are associated: us100061af. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.7507 West, latitude -18.6197 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:13:58 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km E of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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