A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 517 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga (321 miles). Global time and date of event 20/05/20 / 2020-05-20 22:46:43 / May 20, 2020 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:46:43 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000a0zp. Event ids that are associated: us6000a0zp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -179.6245° West, latitude -23.394° South, depth = 554.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 554.8 km (345 miles).
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 four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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