A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000c4tw. Event ids that are associated: us2000c4tw. Exact location, longitude -174.5735° West, latitude -21.9142° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 12:52:38 / December 15, 2017 @ 12:52 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:52:38 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua. Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 75 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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