A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga (94 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 04:13:25 / February 16, 2019 @ 4:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jpk1. Unique identifier: us2000jpk1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 519.37 km (323 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.4081 West, latitude -20.3515 South, depth = 519.37 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:13:25 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter).
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 152 km NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga.
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