A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location, longitude -173.8235° West, latitude -15.3487° South, depth = 81.57 km. The temblor was reported at 09:58:32 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 21:58:32 / September 8, 2018 @ 9:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.57 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000hgpd. Event ids that are associated: us2000hgpd.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km N of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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