A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.9428 West, latitude -19.7218 South, depth = 125.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.91 km (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fxb5. Id of event: us2000fxb5. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:06 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 10:08:06 / July 5, 2018 @ 10:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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