A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 133 km SSW of `Ohonua, Tonga (83 miles) on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:15:17 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.4341 West, latitude -22.4523 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us2000j8u7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8u7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 17:15:17 / January 10, 2019 @ 5:15 pm.
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 133 km SSW of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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