A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 272 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (169 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 594.99 km (370 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.2764 West, latitude -16.2952 South, depth = 594.99 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000itb0. Id of event: us2000itb0. The temblor was detected at 12:59:50 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 00:59:50 / December 8, 2018 @ 12:59 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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