A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga (70 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 17:32:19 / June 10, 2016 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.13 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063ll. Id of event: us200063ll. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:32:19 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -172.7769 West, latitude -15.5488 South, depth = 36.13 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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