A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 147 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga (91 miles). Exact location, longitude -172.692° West, latitude -18.1408° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us600062b4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600062b4. Global time and date of event 19/10/19 / 2019-10-19 16:23:22 / October 19, 2019 @ 4:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:23:22 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 147 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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