A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:17 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.618 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 16:54:17 / August 15, 2024 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location of event, depth 25.618 km, -173.8046° West, -20.3946° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n77w. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n77w.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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