A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 133 kilometers (83 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. The 6.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:43:32 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 22:43:32 / November 4, 2019 @ 10:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -175.2486° West, latitude -18.5737° South, depth = 13.37 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Neiafu in Tonga (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q0gv4p, us7000635e, pt19308001. Id of event: us7000635e. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.37 km (8 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 134 km (83 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 133 km W of Neiafu, Tonga.
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