A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was reported at 17:08:54 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 95.37 km (59 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000hgma. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hgma. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 05:08:54 / September 7, 2018 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -173.6647° West, -16.7715° South, depth 95.37 km.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 91 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.
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