A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.909 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:05:39 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118.909 km, -173.5631° West, -19.1981° South. Global time and date of event 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 23:05:39 / November 15, 2024 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000ns3a. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns3a.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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