A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Unique identifier: us70008wk9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wk9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.15 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 07:05:08 / April 15, 2020 @ 7:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.3912 West, latitude -15.2676 South, depth = 57.15 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:05:08 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 84 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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