A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 110 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga (68 miles). Exact location, longitude -173.1426° West, latitude -19.2459° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:21:44 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008f5m. Id of event: us60008f5m. Global time and date of event 10/03/20 / 2020-03-10 10:21:44 / March 10, 2020 @ 10:21 am UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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