A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 127 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga (79 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 176.08 km (109 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:55:11 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007dnt. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007dnt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 15:55:11 / October 3, 2016 @ 3:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -174.5923° West, -16.7658° South, depth 176.08 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 127 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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