A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000pkrs. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkrs. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 23:12:19 / January 7, 2025 @ 11:12 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:12:19 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.2972 West, latitude -20.5754 South, depth = 35 km.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 84 km S of Pangai, Tonga.
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