A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Exact location, longitude -173.4727° West, latitude -18.6491° South, depth = 43.17 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 13:34:19 / July 6, 2016 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100063ae. Event ids that are associated: us100063ae. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.17 km (27 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:34:19 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
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 five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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