A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:09 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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). Id of earthquake: us2000c4th. Event ids that are associated: us2000c4th. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 12:12:09 / December 15, 2017 @ 12:12 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -174.618° West, -21.9096° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 105 km (65 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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