A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 09:17:53 / December 3, 2018 @ 9:17 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000i139. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i139. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -173.8357° West, -15.1247° South. The temblor was detected at 21:17:53 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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