A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000bifl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bifl. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:00 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.0526 West, latitude -16.2429 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 02:59:00 / August 17, 2020 @ 2:59 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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