A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Exact location, longitude -173.0884° West, latitude -18.6185° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 18:24:36 / January 3, 2019 @ 6:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j5vg. Unique identifier: us2000j5vg. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:24:36 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 94 km E of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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