A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.539 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:59:27 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 21:59:27 / October 1, 2024 @ 9:59 pm. Exact location of event, depth 61.539 km, -173.7322° West, -16.4767° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhkj. Unique identifier: us7000nhkj.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.
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