A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 05:18:46 / December 7, 2015 @ 5:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.5125° West, latitude -15.2064° South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:18:46 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100044jv. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044jv.
Close 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. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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. 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: 86 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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