A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -174.0713° West, -15.1825° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:23:50 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 05:23:50 / December 18, 2016 @ 5:23 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007ptu. Unique identifier: us10007ptu.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 91 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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