A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga (71 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -173.3882 West, latitude -20.2986 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 17:20:14 / October 21, 2017 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000axm4. Unique identifier: us1000axm4. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:20:14 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 114 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga.
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