A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 05:10:00 / July 17, 2019 @ 5:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, -173.6298° West, -20.0248° South, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:10:00 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004m1z. Id of event: us70004m1z.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 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 four and in the last 365 days eighteen 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga.
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