A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/06/24 / 2024-06-13 12:03:50 / June 13, 2024 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:50 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n8c8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8c8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.5224 West, latitude -18.6819 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 48 km E of Neiafu, Tonga.
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