A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j6pu. Id of event: us2000j6pu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 23:08:59 / January 20, 2019 @ 11:08 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:08:59 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.16 km (79 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -174.5843 West, latitude -20.618 South, depth = 127.16 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai, ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km NE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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