A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 18:26:26 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87.3 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005ude. Unique identifier: us70005ude. Exact location, longitude -173.9722° West, latitude -16.6972° South, depth = 87.3 km. Global time and date of event 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 06:26:26 / October 6, 2019 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 86 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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