A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The temblor was detected at 10:54:43 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -174.5119° West, latitude -20.3686° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005fpi. Unique identifier: us20005fpi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/04/16 / 2016-04-05 22:54:43 / April 5, 2016 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai.
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SSW of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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