A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. The temblor was reported at 17:45:01 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 04:45:01 / April 30, 2020 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us700097bd. Unique identifier: us700097bd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.3675 West, latitude -20.9232 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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