A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, South of Tonga (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -173.1982 West, latitude -24.0984 South, depth = 14.04 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:27:39 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000giud. Id of event: us1000giud. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 11:27:39 / August 19, 2018 @ 11:27 am. 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 14.04 km (9 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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