A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 132 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga (82 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 23:55:57 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 11:55:57 / July 2, 2016 @ 11:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.54 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -173.1865 West, latitude -14.8824 South, depth = 29.54 km. Unique identifier: us100061w2. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061w2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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