A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us10007rp4. Event ids that are associated: us10007rp4. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:43:43 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.9 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/12/16 / 2016-12-22 00:43:43 / December 22, 2016 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 32.9 km, -173.2922° West, -15.9285° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Every 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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-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: 49 km E of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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