A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Tonga kilometers (0 miles) from Tonga on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.92 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006c02. Id of event: us10006c02. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -174.0718° West, -19.1879° South, depth 65.92 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:23:36 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 02:23:36 / August 8, 2016 @ 2:23 am.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai, Neiafu.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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