A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -174.1467 West, latitude -15.74 South, depth = 175.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.83 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 00:03:00 / June 24, 2016 @ 12:03 am. 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: us200067wa. Unique identifier: us200067wa. The temblor was reported at 12:03:00 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 48 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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