A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 136 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga (85 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.9245 West, latitude -19.3628 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70009kuq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009kuq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 08:11:08 / May 12, 2020 @ 8:11 am. The temblor was reported at 08:11:08 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 136 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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