A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, South of Tonga (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007k1u. Id of event: us70007k1u. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:31:47 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -174.8739° West, latitude -25.6452° South, depth = 9.74 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 15:31:47 / January 27, 2020 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.74 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: South of Tonga.
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