A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 187.21 km (116 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 06:14:44 / December 18, 2017 @ 6:14 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bz14. Id of event: us1000bz14. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:14:44 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 187.21 km, -174.9845° West, -19.6422° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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