A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, south of Tonga (0 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:06:13 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000myb0. Unique identifier: us7000myb0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/24 / 2024-07-03 07:06:13 / July 3, 2024 @ 7:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.8023 West, latitude -25.5268 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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