A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 01:40:52 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jif6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jif6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 13:40:52 / February 15, 2019 @ 1:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 293.61 km (182 miles). Exact location, longitude -174.7833° West, latitude -15.7655° South, depth = 293.61 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
How would you describe the shaking?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply