A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 99 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.4656 West, latitude -20.1397 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dsq8. Unique identifier: us1000dsq8. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:11:47 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 14:11:47 / April 22, 2018 @ 2:11 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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