A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes South of Tonga (0 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:54 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -175.2502° West, -25.9988° South, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003neh. Id of event: us70003neh. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 04:15:54 / May 20, 2019 @ 4:15 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: South of Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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