A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 138 km SE of Pangai, Tonga (86 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjtc. Id of event: us1000bjtc. Exact location of event, longitude -173.4439 West, latitude -20.7099 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:39:12 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/17 / 2017-11-23 08:39:12 / November 23, 2017 @ 8:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 138 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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