A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us2000ck4g. Event ids that are associated: us2000ck4g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.7 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 18:41:53 / January 10, 2018 @ 6:41 pm. The temblor was detected at 07:41:53 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.8967 West, latitude -19.8031 South, depth = 51.7 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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 W of Pangai, Tonga.
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