A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 155 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hi5p. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hi5p. Global time and date of event 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 18:38:23 / September 13, 2018 @ 6:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.1608 West, latitude -15.6334 South, depth = 246.72 km. The temblor was detected at 06:38:23 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 246.72 km (153 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 155 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga.
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