A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 23:30:52 / August 25, 2024 @ 11:30 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.497 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.9183 West, latitude -19.7979 South, depth = 106.497 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n9dz. Event ids that are associated: us7000n9dz. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:52 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.
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