A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported South of Tonga (0 miles) on Monday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:28:08 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -175.0735° West, -24.637° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000hg9e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hg9e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 07:28:08 / September 18, 2018 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: South of Tonga.
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