A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 09:01:08 / August 5, 2019 @ 9:01 am. Exact location, longitude -174.8786° West, latitude -19.3534° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:01:08 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600050rn. Unique identifier: us600050rn.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 74 km NW of Pangai, Tonga.
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