A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 239 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga (149 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 14:25:56 / November 23, 2015 @ 2:25 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:25:56 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -171.6347 West, latitude -16.6547 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041jj. Unique identifier: us100041jj.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 239 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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