A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni2t. Unique identifier: us6000ni2t. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 19:06:19 / August 4, 2024 @ 7:06 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.8977° West, -20.0883° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:06:19 / 7:06 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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