A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 200 km SE of Pangai, Tonga (124 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:41:41 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -172.8089 West, latitude -20.8867 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/09/18 / 2018-09-24 13:41:41 / September 24, 2018 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3vn. Unique identifier: us1000h3vn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 200 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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