A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 133 km W of Neiafu, Tonga (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/11/19 / 2019-11-05 00:05:30 / November 5, 2019 @ 12:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, -175.2391° West, -18.5087° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us70006379. Event ids that are associated: us70006379. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:05:30 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 133 km W of Neiafu, Tonga.
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