A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, -175.2722° West, -20.676° South, depth 59.02 km. Unique identifier: us10006csr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006csr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.02 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:23:15 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 23:23:15 / August 10, 2016 @ 11:23 pm.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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