A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Tonga kilometers (0 miles) from Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.37 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:49:28 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.7539 West, latitude -15.6139 South, depth = 55.37 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hudh. Unique identifier: us1000hudh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 03:49:28 / November 12, 2018 @ 3:49 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
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 ten and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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