A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported South of Tonga (0 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 14:06:59 / May 2, 2017 @ 2:06 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -175.7598 West, latitude -24.2345 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:06:59 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008n03. Unique identifier: us10008n03.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: South of Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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