A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us2000fsjd. Event ids that are associated: us2000fsjd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 21:01:24 / June 30, 2018 @ 9:01 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.92 km (33 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:01:24 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.5715 West, latitude -18.6407 South, depth = 52.92 km.
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km W of Neiafu, Tonga.
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