A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 134 km NW of Pangai, Tonga (83 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.3682 West, latitude -19.0557 South, depth = 600.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 600.2 km (373 miles). Unique identifier: us1000ginn. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ginn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 02:26:43 / August 19, 2018 @ 2:26 am. The temblor was reported at 14:26:43 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 134 km NW of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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