A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Id of earthquake: us7000p9p7. Event ids that are associated: us7000p9p7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:06:31 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -174.0384 West, latitude -18.2126 South, depth = 70.491 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 21:06:31 / January 28, 2025 @ 9:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.491 km (44 miles).
Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km N of Neiafu, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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