A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -173.7785° West, -18.3291° South, depth 83.57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008d7q. Unique identifier: us60008d7q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/20 / 2020-03-05 07:13:06 / March 5, 2020 @ 7:13 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.57 km (52 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:13:06 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 41 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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