A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.81 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 76.81 km, -174.034° West, -15.1344° South. The temblor was reported at 23:24:55 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 11:24:55 / April 6, 2016 @ 11:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20005i9x. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005i9x.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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