A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 19:25:39 / May 7, 2018 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:25:39 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.1405 West, latitude -21.0085 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000e04x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e04x.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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