A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 106 kilometers (66 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/17 / 2017-01-14 10:34:51 / January 14, 2017 @ 10:34 am. Exact location, longitude -173.2494° West, latitude -15.1203° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:51 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10007t9m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t9m. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 110 km (68 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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