A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported south of Tonga (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -175.2015° West, -24.2377° South. Event id: us6000c7sc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c7sc. The epicenter was 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). The temblor was reported at 03:49:38 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/20 / 2020-10-07 03:49:38 / October 7, 2020 @ 3:49 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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