A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Global time and date of event 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 15:16:04 / April 22, 2018 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dsq9. Unique identifier: us1000dsq9. The temblor was reported at 03:16:04 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.7716 West, latitude -20.384 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 88 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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