A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.99 km (43 miles). Unique identifier: us1000buid. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000buid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.4296° West, -16.3645° South, depth 68.99 km. The temblor was reported at 07:14:02 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 19:14:02 / December 15, 2017 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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