A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 02:03:29 / June 21, 2018 @ 2:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.58 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.1604 West, latitude -16.1225 South, depth = 111.58 km. Unique identifier: us1000ex10. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ex10. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:03:29 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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