A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 139 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.6429 West, latitude -20.8645 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 17:26:10 / December 12, 2017 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bt5l. Unique identifier: us1000bt5l. The temblor was reported at 05:26:10 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 139 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga.
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