A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/18 / 2018-08-27 03:59:51 / August 27, 2018 @ 3:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.23 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:59:51 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000h8qd. Event ids that are associated: us2000h8qd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -174.6259° West, -18.7736° South, depth 109.23 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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