A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -173.7401 West, latitude -20.4284 South, depth = 36.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 23:42:43 / May 13, 2018 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.18 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e4ci. Id of event: us1000e4ci. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:42:43 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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