A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes South of Tonga (0 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 10:53:49 / February 13, 2019 @ 10:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:49 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000jh6g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jh6g. Exact location, longitude -175.3757° West, latitude -24.0577° South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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