A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xbg. Id of event: us70006xbg. Exact location of event, longitude -175.1847 West, latitude -21.558 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:05:37 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 01:05:37 / January 10, 2020 @ 1:05 am.
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 34 km SW of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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