A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.6083 West, latitude -18.087 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 18:53:36 / January 8, 2019 @ 6:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:53:36 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). 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: us2000j8cj. Id of event: us2000j8cj.
Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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