A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.82 km (37 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 19:03:16 / July 22, 2018 @ 7:03 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gel1. Id of event: us2000gel1. The temblor was picked up at 07:03:16 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.8576° West, latitude -15.7539° South, depth = 59.82 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 24 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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