A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.8444 West, latitude -19.8448 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 01:52:58 / November 16, 2019 @ 1:52 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us70006bpx. Event ids that are associated: us70006bpx. The temblor was detected at 14:52:58 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km W of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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