A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 288 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga (179 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us60003t3v. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003t3v. The temblor was detected at 16:51:07 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 04:51:07 / May 19, 2019 @ 4:51 am. Exact location of event, longitude -175.3423 West, latitude -23.9085 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 288 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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