A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 11:29:54 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 70.847 km (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx9a. Unique identifier: us7000mx9a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 11:29:54 / June 29, 2024 @ 11:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.5286 West, latitude -15.6132 South, depth = 70.847 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 47 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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