A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Event id: pt25051000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25051000. The temblor was detected at 10:31:23 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 10:31:23 / February 20, 2025 @ 10:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.5 km (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.676 West, latitude -15.141 South, depth = 98.5 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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