A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000620t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000620t. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/06/16 / 2016-06-04 09:18:37 / June 4, 2016 @ 9:18 am. The temblor was reported at 21:18:37 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.0914 West, latitude -15.5368 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 84 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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