A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us70003ie7. Event ids that are associated: us70003ie7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 00:15:27 / April 28, 2019 @ 12:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.4087 West, latitude -21.4066 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:15:27 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 56 km E of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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