A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Monday. Event id: us7000mt0e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt0e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 14:05:14 / June 17, 2024 @ 2:05 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:05:14 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.2767 West, latitude -18.8182 South, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 76 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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