A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e92h. Id of event: us1000e92h. The temblor was detected at 08:29:20 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 20:29:20 / May 20, 2018 @ 8:29 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.19 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.4467 West, latitude -15.4375 South, depth = 31.19 km.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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