A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:09:58 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.5586 West, latitude -21.8453 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70004bgv. Event ids that are associated: us70004bgv. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 22:09:58 / July 5, 2019 @ 10:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 69 km SE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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