A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 22:51:01 / July 6, 2018 @ 10:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:51:01 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -173.4949° West, -19.5025° South, depth 114.53 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.53 km (71 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyr3. Id of event: us2000fyr3.
The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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