A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The epicenter was at a depth of 71.68 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:08:58 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 09:08:58 / December 21, 2015 @ 9:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, -173.9014° West, -20.5462° South, depth 71.68 km. Id of earthquake: us100048kn. Event ids that are associated: us100048kn.
Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten 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. 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: 94 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga.
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