A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 263 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga (163 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:08:02 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.0472 West, latitude -23.7119 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/20 / 2020-08-02 23:08:02 / August 2, 2020 @ 11:08 pm. Event id: us6000bai1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bai1.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 263 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga.
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