A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -172.9255 West, latitude -15.9654 South, depth = 35.22 km. Unique identifier: us10008h9h. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008h9h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.22 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/04/17 / 2017-04-08 18:19:29 / April 8, 2017 @ 6:19 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:19:29 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 88 km E of Hihifo, Tonga.
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