A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.6821° West, -19.4045° South. Global time and date of event 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 00:48:09 / June 3, 2018 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000ehmb. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ehmb. The temblor was reported at 12:48:09 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu, Pangai (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga.
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