A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.65 km (102 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:02:38 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jnfv. Id of event: us2000jnfv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 01:02:38 / February 9, 2019 @ 1:02 am. Exact location, longitude -175.0074° West, latitude -19.6777° South, depth = 163.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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