A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, -173.4188° West, -15.1608° South, depth 13.68 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 17:20:30 / June 1, 2018 @ 5:20 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:20:30 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000egv6. Id of event: us1000egv6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.68 km (9 miles).
Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 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 three and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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