A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 166 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga (103 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 15:46:40 / June 2, 2018 @ 3:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:46:40 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -174.86° West, -14.905° South, depth 192.01 km. Id of earthquake: us1000ehei. Event ids that are associated: us1000ehei. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 192.01 km (119 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 166 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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