A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -172.9005 West, latitude -16.3874 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 00:13:43 / April 28, 2020 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009dmf. Id of event: us60009dmf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:13:43 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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