A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -174.5645° West, -19.1493° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:13:27 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 05:13:27 / December 8, 2016 @ 5:13 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007z2t. Unique identifier: us20007z2t.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu, Pangai. Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 75 km NNW of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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