A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 237 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga (147 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 295.65 km (184 miles). Global time and date of event 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 13:43:19 / October 8, 2018 @ 1:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -175.7071° West, -16.9622° South, depth 295.65 km. Id of earthquake: us1000hb62. Event ids that are associated: us1000hb62. The temblor was detected at 01:43:19 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 237 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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