A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 182 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga (113 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/19 / 2019-09-20 21:10:05 / September 20, 2019 @ 9:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 10:10:05 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.2875 West, latitude -18.9887 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us70005mjz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005mjz.
Every 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 six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 182 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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