A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/16 / 2016-04-26 16:52:33 / April 26, 2016 @ 4:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.33 km (78 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -174.2187 West, latitude -20.6036 South, depth = 125.33 km. Event id: us10005e1w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005e1w. The temblor was reported at 04:52:33 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km S of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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