A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 302 km SSW of Ohonua, Tonga (188 miles). Id of earthquake: us70009kvl. Event ids that are associated: us70009kvl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 19:14:00 / May 12, 2020 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -175.5726° West, latitude -23.9999° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:14:00 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 302 km SSW of Ohonua, Tonga.
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