A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000is5h. Unique identifier: us2000is5h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 17:54:40 / December 10, 2018 @ 5:54 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -173.1547 West, latitude -16.1922 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:54:40 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 69 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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