A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 112 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga (70 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.7893° West, -20.6667° South. The temblor was detected at 23:57:56 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 11:57:56 / August 26, 2018 @ 11:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h888. Unique identifier: us2000h888. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 112 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga.
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