A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. Unique identifier: us6000mw3q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw3q. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 01:25:13 / April 27, 2024 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 131.112 km, -175.0696° West, -19.3219° South. The temblor was detected at 01:25:13 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 131.112 km (81 miles).
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Every 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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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