A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 22:22:40 / August 29, 2018 @ 10:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h9ig. Unique identifier: us2000h9ig. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126.82 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:22:40 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -173.9666° West, -16.0604° South, depth 126.82 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 26 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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