A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.44 km (88 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:48:36 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 18:48:36 / May 4, 2018 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT. 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: us1000dy3p. Id of event: us1000dy3p. Exact location of event, depth 141.44 km, -173.75° West, -16.3556° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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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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. 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: 44 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.
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