A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.4744° West, -15.2603° South. Unique identifier: us2000c1w5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c1w5. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:10:00 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 23:10:00 / December 7, 2017 @ 11:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 81 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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