A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Tonga (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000958r. Id of event: us1000958r. The temblor was reported at 17:00:21 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 158.05 km (98 miles). Exact location, longitude -175.757° West, latitude -20.0401° South, depth = 158.05 km. Global time and date of event 23/06/17 / 2017-06-23 17:00:21 / June 23, 2017 @ 5:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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