A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Tonga kilometers (0 miles) from Tonga. The temblor was reported at 12:34:33 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 12:34:33 / October 27, 2017 @ 12:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -175.2043 West, latitude -20.7827 South, depth = 192.62 km. Id of earthquake: us1000axhs. Event ids that are associated: us1000axhs. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 192.62 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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