A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6071 West, latitude -16.4455 South, depth = 99.51 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:39:12 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/19 / 2019-03-08 22:39:12 / March 8, 2019 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000jgnr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jgnr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.51 km (62 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). 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. 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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 56 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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