A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 157 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga (98 miles). Exact location, longitude -174.2263° West, latitude -22.5889° South, depth = 55.57 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 11:32:35 / January 24, 2019 @ 11:32 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:32:35 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j87i. Id of event: us2000j87i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.57 km (35 miles).
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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 157 km SSE of `Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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