A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000isyf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000isyf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.7691 West, latitude -20.0903 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 18:25:09 / December 6, 2018 @ 6:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:25:09 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km SW of Pangai, Tonga.
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