A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Unique identifier: us70005hi2. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005hi2. Exact location of event, longitude -173.8456 West, latitude -16.5211 South, depth = 44.13 km. The temblor was reported at 03:51:18 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/09/19 / 2019-09-17 15:51:18 / September 17, 2019 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.13 km (27 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 64 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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