A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Event id: us1000eahu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eahu. The temblor was reported at 06:55:41 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.951° West, -20.399° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 18:55:41 / May 18, 2018 @ 6:55 pm.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga.
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