A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Global time and date of event 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 10:47:03 / June 28, 2019 @ 10:47 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -175.4064 West, latitude -21.9685 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70004evs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004evs. The temblor was detected at 22:47:03 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. Every 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: 84 km SSW of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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