A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.38 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 15:51:10 / June 11, 2024 @ 3:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:51:10 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.9511 West, latitude -15.1066 South, depth = 61.38 km. Id of earthquake: us6000n8b0. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8b0.
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km N of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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