A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 06:06:45 / April 20, 2019 @ 6:06 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.2443 West, latitude -15.3186 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:06:45 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us700039jl. Id of event: us700039jl.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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