A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 18:16:30 / February 6, 2025 @ 6:16 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6341 West, latitude -16.6013 South, depth = 46.183 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.183 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:16:30 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pbws. Event ids that are associated: us7000pbws. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 73 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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