A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 257 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (160 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:32:05 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter). 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: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 20:32:05 / June 3, 2018 @ 8:32 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ekhq. Id of event: us1000ekhq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 396.27 km (246 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -176.1578 West, latitude -15.9336 South, depth = 396.27 km.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 257 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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