A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 23:42:14 / December 8, 2017 @ 11:42 pm. Id of earthquake: pt17342003. Event ids that are associated: pt17342003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:42:14 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.723° West, latitude -16.119° South, depth = 33 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.
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