A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:38:19 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/03/20 / 2020-03-20 16:38:19 / March 20, 2020 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70008h0i. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008h0i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.5934° West, -19.0739° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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