A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -174.4576° West, latitude -17.9845° South, depth = 104.307 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:58 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 23:45:58 / September 19, 2024 @ 11:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104.307 km (65 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nt6a. Event ids that are associated: us6000nt6a.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 89 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga.
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