A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga (62 miles). Exact location, longitude -173.2719° West, latitude -16.7303° South, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 20:05:17 / December 2, 2018 @ 8:05 pm. Unique identifier: us1000i0py. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i0py. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:05:17 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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