A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us20007fwt. Event ids that are associated: us20007fwt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 03:31:08 / October 17, 2016 @ 3:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:31:08 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.99 km (66 miles). Exact location, longitude -173.9168° West, latitude -15.6672° South, depth = 105.99 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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