A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000edp4. Unique identifier: us1000edp4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/18 / 2018-05-29 00:30:50 / May 29, 2018 @ 12:30 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:30:50 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 86.11 km, -174.6939° West, -18.5484° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.11 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 75 km W of Neiafu, Tonga.
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