A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 01:11:39 / February 2, 2019 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000jc92. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19033050, us2000jc92. Exact location of event, longitude -173.5732 West, latitude -16.6475 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:11:39 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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