A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -174.1934° West, latitude -19.2214° South, depth = 20.59 km. Id of earthquake: us20005ykv. Event ids that are associated: us20005ykv. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:11:52 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.59 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 12:11:52 / May 23, 2016 @ 12:11 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). 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, Neiafu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NNE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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