A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.8918 West, latitude -16.3069 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:08:46 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000c130. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c130. Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 15:08:46 / December 21, 2017 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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 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: 99 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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