A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 106 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga (66 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d9c6. Id of event: us1000d9c6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/03/18 / 2018-03-26 21:39:08 / March 26, 2018 @ 9:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:39:08 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 175.39 km (109 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -174.4796 West, latitude -16.604 South, depth = 175.39 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 106 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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