A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us700046t4. Unique identifier: us700046t4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 164.31 km, -174.8415° West, -20.6074° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.31 km (102 miles). Global time and date of event 22/06/19 / 2019-06-22 09:23:55 / June 22, 2019 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:23:55 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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.
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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. 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: 69 km NNE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga.
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