A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 07:00:59 / January 18, 2018 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:00:59 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000crr2. Event ids that are associated: us2000crr2. Exact location of event, longitude -173.5054 West, latitude -15.0645 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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