A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us70003fsp. Event ids that are associated: us70003fsp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 00:32:43 / April 23, 2019 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.05 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:32:43 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -174.6925° West, -20.7687° South, depth 79.05 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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