A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, -175.2524° West, -20.1118° South, depth 60.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70003yi0. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003yi0. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:27:23 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.23 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/19 / 2019-06-04 23:27:23 / June 4, 2019 @ 11:27 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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