A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 121 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga (75 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:24:18 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 09:24:18 / April 4, 2020 @ 9:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude -173.236 West, latitude -19.4943 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ni4. Id of event: us70008ni4.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km ENE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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