A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 153 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga (95 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009aau. Unique identifier: us70009aau. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 280.97 km (175 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/20 / 2020-05-05 08:04:46 / May 5, 2020 @ 8:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.1596 West, latitude -17.8372 South, depth = 280.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:04:46 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 153 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga.
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