A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 121 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga (75 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 16:16:57 / March 18, 2019 @ 4:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.229° West, -20.0825° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jlvs. Unique identifier: us1000jlvs. The temblor was detected at 04:16:57 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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