A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c236. Unique identifier: us2000c236. Exact location, longitude -173.6873° West, latitude -18.1455° South, depth = 35 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:02:37 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 14:02:37 / December 3, 2017 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 64 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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