A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Event id: us1000emt3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000emt3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 18:32:07 / June 10, 2018 @ 6:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.1681 West, latitude -16.311 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:32:07 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 73 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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