A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Tonga (0 miles) on Saturday. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -173.0301 West, latitude -16.6309 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008pmz. Unique identifier: us10008pmz. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:34 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/04/17 / 2017-04-29 08:01:34 / April 29, 2017 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Tonga.
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