A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, -173.7337° West, -20.0498° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 09:27:30 / October 5, 2024 @ 9:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:27:30 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmwx. Unique identifier: us7000nmwx.
The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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