A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga (88 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 00:51:15 / October 2, 2024 @ 12:51 am. The temblor was detected at 00:51:15 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmmn. Id of event: us7000nmmn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -172.7059 West, latitude -19.0858 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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