A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qsv. Id of event: us60003qsv. Global time and date of event 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 18:10:05 / May 22, 2019 @ 6:10 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:10:05 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.0679 West, latitude -15.373 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was 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).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 97 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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