A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 227 km W of Hihifo, Tonga (141 miles). Exact location of event, depth 330.17 km, -175.8539° West, -16.2264° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200061n6. Event ids that are associated: us200061n6. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:28:55 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 330.17 km (205 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/16 / 2016-06-03 08:28:55 / June 3, 2016 @ 8:28 am.
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 227 km W of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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