A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/19 / 2019-09-11 01:34:48 / September 11, 2019 @ 1:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.0108 West, latitude -15.3607 South, depth = 55.43 km. Unique identifier: us60005l09. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005l09. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.43 km (34 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:34:48 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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