A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Global time and date of event 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 22:12:23 / April 11, 2019 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 116.6 km, -173.8671° West, -16.1394° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.6 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 10:12:23 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700038hs. Unique identifier: us700038hs.
Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
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 fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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