A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 103 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga (64 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000e215. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e215. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.4158 West, latitude -20.1021 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 19:15:06 / May 4, 2018 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:15:06 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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