A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 116 km SE of Pangai, Tonga (72 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 19:38:05 / December 14, 2017 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000buc8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buc8. The temblor was reported at 07:38:05 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.554° West, latitude -20.5349° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 116 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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