A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -174.3068° West, -21.5593° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/19 / 2019-07-25 08:49:18 / July 25, 2019 @ 8:49 am. Id of earthquake: us60004ylz. Event ids that are associated: us60004ylz. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:49:18 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 71 km ESE of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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