A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.221° West, -15.4026° South, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009c6v. Id of event: us60009c6v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 12:50:26 / April 25, 2020 @ 12:50 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:50:26 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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