A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000isyp. Unique identifier: us2000isyp. The temblor was reported at 06:14:13 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -174.7626° West, -21.6505° South. Global time and date of event 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 18:14:13 / December 6, 2018 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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