A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Friday. The temblor was reported at 01:18:53 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 13:18:53 / June 15, 2018 @ 1:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.0035 West, latitude -15.3967 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000esbn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000esbn.
Earthquake epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 100 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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