A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -173.3024 West, latitude -19.2884 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 18:22:39 / April 11, 2020 @ 6:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:22:39 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008u4a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008u4a.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 100 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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