A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:39:54 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.52 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100069sf. Unique identifier: us100069sf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 15:39:54 / August 3, 2016 @ 3:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 68.52 km, -174.7986° West, -19.9667° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 50 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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