A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 233 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga (145 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000drrr. Id of event: us1000drrr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.92 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -171.9034 West, latitude -17.073 South, depth = 20.92 km. The temblor was reported at 14:33:24 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 01:33:24 / April 25, 2018 @ 1:33 am.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 233 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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