A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us70008zn1. Event ids that are associated: us70008zn1. 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 87.4 km (54 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 01:12:59 / April 19, 2020 @ 1:12 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:12:59 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.473 West, latitude -18.4397 South, depth = 87.4 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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