A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163 km (101 miles). Exact location, longitude -174.5° West, latitude -19.5° South, depth = 163 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/24 / 2024-05-26 20:47:13 / May 26, 2024 @ 8:47 pm. Event id: at00se41qg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24147000, at00se41qg. A tsunami warning has been issued near Fangale’ounga in Tonga (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:13 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu, Pangai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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