A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/16 / 2016-09-03 23:16:20 / September 3, 2016 @ 11:16 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.95 km (72 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:16:20 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 115.95 km, -174.0759° West, -16.0631° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006mg3. Id of event: us10006mg3.
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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