A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:05:39 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jjtn. Event ids that are associated: us2000jjtn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -174.113° West, latitude -21.5493° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 02:05:39 / February 19, 2019 @ 2:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km ESE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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