A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 123 km SE of Pangai, Tonga (76 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:11:04 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.4498 West, latitude -20.5173 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004pnv. Id of event: us70004pnv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 14:11:04 / July 20, 2019 @ 2:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 123 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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