A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -174.0044° West, -19.8161° South, depth 14.44 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.44 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: us10008vb9. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vb9. The temblor was detected at 12:27:34 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/17 / 2017-05-19 00:27:34 / May 19, 2017 @ 12:27 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km E of Pangai, Tonga.
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