Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Nuku‘alofa in Tonga

Earthquake location -19.2083S, -177.3529WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 310 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga (193 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 21:44:23 / June 9, 2020 @ 9:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000acxt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000acxt. The temblor was picked up at 21:44:23 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.3529° West, latitude -19.2083° South, depth = 546.15 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 546.15 km (339 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-six 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 310 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga.

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