A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.89 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 11:35:57 / July 12, 2019 @ 11:35 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004ix5. Unique identifier: us70004ix5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9248 West, latitude -15.6105 South, depth = 132.89 km. The temblor was detected at 23:35:57 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 ten and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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