A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga (95 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 04:23:48 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.93 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.5612 West, latitude -16.7251 South, depth = 90.93 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 16:23:48 / April 1, 2020 @ 4:23 pm. Unique identifier: us70008qhw. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008qhw.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 153 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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