A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -173.1288° West, -16.1798° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dnmr. Unique identifier: us1000dnmr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:01:32 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 21:01:32 / April 14, 2018 @ 9:01 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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