A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 03:55:56 / December 15, 2024 @ 3:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.8554 West, latitude -15.864 South, depth = 96.993 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.993 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:55:56 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph77. Unique identifier: us6000ph77.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (7 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo.
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 six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 11 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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