A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dr5. Id of event: us10007dr5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 11:25:09 / November 21, 2016 @ 11:25 am. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -174.3044° West, -21.8945° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:25:09 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 91 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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