A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Monday. The temblor was detected at 04:19:47 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -174.6447° West, -15.8387° South, depth 120.539 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.539 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 04:19:47 / April 22, 2024 @ 4:19 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muxd. Unique identifier: us6000muxd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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