A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:16 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). 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 116.43 km (72 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 19:35:16 / December 3, 2017 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -175.0894° West, -20.7359° South, depth 116.43 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c23e. Id of event: us2000c23e.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NNE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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