A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6125 West, latitude -15.0343 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:02:37 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 22:02:37 / May 28, 2024 @ 10:02 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000mnmx. Event ids that are associated: us7000mnmx.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 103 km N of Hihifo, Tonga.
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