A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.48 km (74 miles). Unique identifier: us1000egua. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000egua. Global time and date of event 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 17:00:40 / June 1, 2018 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:00:40 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.2494 West, latitude -20.0351 South, depth = 119.48 km.
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 97 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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