A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 194 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga (121 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.1354 West, latitude -19.3301 South, depth = 290.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:40 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000k8h0. Event ids that are associated: us2000k8h0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 290.86 km (181 miles). Global time and date of event 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 11:00:40 / April 1, 2019 @ 11:00 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 194 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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