A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:32:33 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). 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 8.61 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 07:32:33 / September 22, 2019 @ 7:32 am. Exact location, longitude -173.1298° West, latitude -15.5519° South, depth = 8.61 km. Id of earthquake: us60005ly5. Event ids that are associated: us60005ly5.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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