A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 243 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga (151 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004mb8. Id of event: us70004mb8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 02:54:46 / July 7, 2019 @ 2:54 am. Exact location of event, longitude -174.5709 West, latitude -23.4995 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:54:46 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 243 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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