A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us10002nmx. Event ids that are associated: us10002nmx. Exact location of earthquake, -174.4748° West, -20.7852° South, depth 1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:24:00 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 12:24:00 / July 6, 2015 @ 12:24 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai, Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km NE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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