A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -173.7382° West, -20.2892° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 04:32:15 / May 4, 2024 @ 4:32 am UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:32:15 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw9n. Unique identifier: us6000mw9n.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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