A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes south of Tonga (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.2058 West, latitude -24.2621 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/07/20 / 2020-07-06 19:41:37 / July 6, 2020 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Unique identifier: us7000alfd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000alfd. The temblor was detected at 19:41:37 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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