A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 121 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga (75 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:58 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c20w. Unique identifier: us2000c20w. 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 105.85 km (66 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -174.149 West, latitude -16.9829 South, depth = 105.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 17:01:58 / December 1, 2017 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 121 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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