A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -173.8487° West, -16.0097° South, depth 112.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/20 / 2020-03-05 16:45:01 / March 5, 2020 @ 4:45 pm. The temblor was detected at 04:45:01 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.11 km (70 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008d80. Id of event: us60008d80.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 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 four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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