A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 192 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga (119 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:17:00 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 13:17:00 / March 26, 2019 @ 1:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -172.3534° West, latitude -17.0544° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000k9ns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9ns.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 192 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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