A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kbwq. Id of event: us2000kbwq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 19:14:59 / April 7, 2019 @ 7:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.67 km (12 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:14:59 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 19.67 km, -174.3243° West, -19.0803° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai, Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 59 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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