A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 208 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (129 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hgle. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgle. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 22:27:41 / September 6, 2018 @ 10:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -175.6721 West, latitude -15.6642 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:27:41 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 208 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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