A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga (65 miles). Unique identifier: us10006pv5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006pv5. Exact location of event, longitude -173.4684 West, latitude -16.8632 South, depth = 45.45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/09/16 / 2016-09-10 19:56:53 / September 10, 2016 @ 7:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:56:53 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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