A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga (76 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 10:42:28 / December 30, 2024 @ 10:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude -173.181 West, latitude -20.0498 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:42:28 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pj7b. Id of event: us6000pj7b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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