A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 168 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga (104 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 06:33:11 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000npck. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000npck. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 06:33:11 / October 13, 2024 @ 6:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -172.4408 West, latitude -16.7402 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 168 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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