A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007und. Id of event: us10007und. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.9692 West, latitude -15.6286 South, depth = 43.2 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:52:30 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 19:52:30 / January 21, 2017 @ 7:52 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.2 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 90 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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