A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Havelu in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/18 / 2018-11-24 15:42:00 / November 24, 2018 @ 3:42 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -175.5379° West, -21.1183° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hw5j. Unique identifier: us1000hw5j. The temblor was reported at 04:42:00 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 33 km W of Havelu, Tonga.
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