A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Global time and date of event 05/03/16 / 2016-03-05 17:29:03 / March 5, 2016 @ 5:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.91 km (41 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:29:03 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uxd. Id of event: us10004uxd. Exact location of event, longitude -173.8291 West, latitude -20.4378 South, depth = 65.91 km.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 89 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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