A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000azcz. Unique identifier: us1000azcz. Exact location, longitude -173.3072° West, latitude -15.6996° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:10:15 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 21:10:15 / October 31, 2017 @ 9:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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