A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:58:29 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -173.2913° West, latitude -18.4698° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cn7l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cn7l. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 21:58:29 / January 9, 2018 @ 9:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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