A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 126 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga (78 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:49:57 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.0762 West, latitude -22.4668 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005cvt. Id of event: us70005cvt. Global time and date of event 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 16:49:57 / September 2, 2019 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 126 km S of `Ohonua, Tonga.
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