A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.2403 West, latitude -15.1565 South, depth = 26.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:50 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 17:59:50 / November 23, 2019 @ 5:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.64 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006c8q. Unique identifier: us70006c8q.
Epicenter of the event was 107 km (66 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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