A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga (73 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:46:56 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 02:46:56 / November 30, 2019 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 243.47 km, -175.3177° West, -19.2554° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 243.47 km (151 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pfh. Unique identifier: us60006pfh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 118 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga.
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