A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Vaini in Tonga on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/17 / 2017-06-02 20:33:13 / June 2, 2017 @ 8:33 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -175.4733° West, -21.3244° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009lcs. Unique identifier: us20009lcs. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:13 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 31 km WSW of Vaini, Tonga.
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