A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 156 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga (97 miles). Unique identifier: us60006r82. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006r82. Exact location of event, longitude -175.163 West, latitude -15.596 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 13:17:29 / December 6, 2019 @ 1:17 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:17:29 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 156 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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