A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -172.9039 West, latitude -15.8694 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:08:16 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 12:08:16 / August 15, 2024 @ 12:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n755. Id of event: us7000n755. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 96 km E of Hihifo, Tonga.
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