A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 140 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga (87 miles). Unique identifier: us60006bxd. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006bxd. The epicenter was at a depth of 255.3 km (159 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 08:45:49 / November 7, 2019 @ 8:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -174.7561 West, latitude -16.7619 South, depth = 255.3 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:45:49 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 140 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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