A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Havelu in Tonga on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 02:01:46 / October 17, 2019 @ 2:01 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:01:46 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.7392 West, latitude -20.9074 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60006284. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006284. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 60 km WNW of Havelu, Tonga.
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