A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:21:17 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 06:21:17 / August 21, 2019 @ 6:21 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600057tq. Id of event: us600057tq. Exact location of earthquake, -174.1558° West, -18.3448° South, depth 10 km.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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