A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.58 km (98 miles). Exact location of event, depth 157.58 km, -174.1165° West, -18.0756° South. The temblor was detected at 05:07:34 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000jkdu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jkdu. Global time and date of event 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 17:07:34 / March 22, 2019 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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