A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 10:28:38 / December 6, 2024 @ 10:28 am. The temblor was detected at 10:28:38 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.378 West, latitude -19.6151 South, depth = 44.021 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.021 km (27 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwid. Unique identifier: us7000nwid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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