A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.336 West, latitude -16.606 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:40:40 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 06:40:40 / June 18, 2024 @ 6:40 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24170000. Id of event: pt24170000.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.
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