A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 184 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga (114 miles). Global time and date of event 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 01:17:28 / November 25, 2018 @ 1:17 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.45 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -176.0066 West, latitude -22.6915 South, depth = 42.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:17:28 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hw9i. Event ids that are associated: us1000hw9i.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 184 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga.
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