A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from `Ohonua in Tonga. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.04 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -175.3808° West, -22.086° South, depth 40.04 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:31:25 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60009a5h. Event ids that are associated: us60009a5h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 22:31:25 / April 22, 2020 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua. Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 107 km (66 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 94 km SSW of `Ohonua, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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