A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 171 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga (106 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60008edd. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008edd. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -172.5644° West, -17.8937° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 18:30:28 / March 8, 2020 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:30:28 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).
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 sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 171 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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