A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 00:28:04 / November 11, 2018 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqh3. Id of event: us1000hqh3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -173.1091° West, -18.6493° South, depth 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:28:04 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 92 km E of Neiafu, Tonga.
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