A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 13:59:15 / December 10, 2016 @ 1:59 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zt9. Unique identifier: us20007zt9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:59:15 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.4732 West, latitude -18.0191 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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: 88 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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