A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, South of Tonga (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:51:18 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/17 / 2017-07-29 14:51:18 / July 29, 2017 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a40f. Unique identifier: us2000a40f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.9799 West, latitude -24.6309 South, depth = 31.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.9 km (20 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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