A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, -174.2054° West, -21.3375° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:13:25 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600052c5. Id of event: us600052c5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/19 / 2019-07-31 23:13:25 / July 31, 2019 @ 11:13 pm.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km E of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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