A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga (92 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h60n. Id of event: us2000h60n. The temblor was detected at 12:08:33 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.57 km (129 miles). Global time and date of event 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 00:08:33 / August 22, 2018 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -175.7145 West, latitude -19.4565 South, depth = 207.57 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 148 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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