A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 15:14:08 / June 30, 2018 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fy5c. Id of event: us2000fy5c. The temblor was detected at 03:14:08 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -173.1754° West, -16.5056° South, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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