A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -174.6121 West, latitude -21.7904 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 18:49:28 / December 17, 2016 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008206. Unique identifier: us20008206. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:49:28 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua. Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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