A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10004qjj. Event ids that are associated: us10004qjj. The temblor was detected at 02:12:42 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.2191 West, latitude -15.367 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 14:12:42 / February 14, 2016 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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