A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/03/20 / 2020-03-27 02:30:22 / March 27, 2020 @ 2:30 am. Unique identifier: us70008k9h. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008k9h. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:30:22 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.7097 West, latitude -15.2422 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km N of Hihifo, Tonga.
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