A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 119 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga (74 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.682 km (55 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.2202 West, latitude -16.8851 South, depth = 88.682 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:17:50 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nsms. Event ids that are associated: us7000nsms. Global time and date of event 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 15:17:50 / October 31, 2024 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 119 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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