A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, depth 82.569 km, -174.0354° West, -16.3981° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrd6. Id of event: us7000nrd6. The epicenter was at a depth of 82.569 km (51 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:50:14 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 17:50:14 / October 23, 2024 @ 5:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 55 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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