A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Houma in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 13:33:19 / November 24, 2024 @ 1:33 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxcq. Unique identifier: us7000nxcq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.47 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:33:19 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 123.47 km, -175.5735° West, -20.5654° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop).
Each 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NNW of Houma, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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