A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 131 km E of Pangai, Tonga (81 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us200082ei. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082ei. The temblor was picked up at 07:17:40 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.1029 West, latitude -19.937 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 19:17:40 / December 18, 2016 @ 7:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 131 km E of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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