A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 04:21:33 / January 25, 2019 @ 4:21 am. The temblor was reported at 16:21:33 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.86 km (38 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000j8ne. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8ne. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6951 West, latitude -15.6755 South, depth = 61.86 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Every 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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 30 km N of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply