A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (186 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 572.981 km (356 miles). Global time and date of event 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 11:24:38 / January 28, 2025 @ 11:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:24:38 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pms2. Event ids that are associated: us6000pms2. Exact location of event, longitude -177.7125 West, latitude -19.7042 South, depth = 572.981 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 299 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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