A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 224 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga (139 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/18 / 2018-06-05 22:28:57 / June 5, 2018 @ 10:28 pm. Unique identifier: us1000eja7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eja7. Exact location of event, longitude -171.9726 West, latitude -18.0069 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:28:57 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 224 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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