A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 119 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga (74 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 21:56:29 / October 27, 2018 @ 9:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 261.73 km (163 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i5i0. Unique identifier: us2000i5i0. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:56:29 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.8013 West, latitude -15.585 South, depth = 261.73 km.
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. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 119 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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