A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 116 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga (72 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:09:28 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/17 / 2017-09-21 07:09:28 / September 21, 2017 @ 7:09 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 235.11 km (146 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.5835 West, latitude -16.6221 South, depth = 235.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000awpe. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000awpe.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 116 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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