A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 16:01:25 / November 22, 2017 @ 4:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:01:25 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.1032 West, latitude -19.3874 South, depth = 195.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjgf. Id of event: us1000bjgf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 195.7 km (122 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 91 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga.
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