A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.9704° West, -16.024° South, depth 127.36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c14z. Id of event: us1000c14z. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 00:56:52 / December 22, 2017 @ 12:56 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:56:52 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 127.36 km (79 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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