A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:20:11 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.65 km (62 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 22:20:11 / January 26, 2025 @ 10:20 pm. Event id: us7000pb9v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pb9v. Exact location of event, depth 99.65 km, -173.9984° West, -15.8661° South.
The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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.
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