A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Vaini in Tonga. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:02:35 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -175.6558° West, -21.4048° South, depth 46.64 km. Event id: us10006d77. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006d77. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 05:02:35 / August 12, 2016 @ 5:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.64 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km WSW of Vaini, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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