A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Havelu in Tonga on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006aes. Unique identifier: us10006aes. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.22 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -175.9897° West, -21.1407° South, depth 151.22 km. Global time and date of event 02/08/16 / 2016-08-02 14:14:13 / August 2, 2016 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:14:13 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km W of Havelu, Tonga.
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