A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Event id: us10007tvh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007tvh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.62 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 05:59:12 / January 18, 2017 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:59:12 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.5941 West, latitude -15.7946 South, depth = 75.62 km.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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