A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Vaini in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pf1u. Unique identifier: us7000pf1u. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 02:30:50 / February 13, 2025 @ 2:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:30:50 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.2651 West, latitude -21.4217 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 26 km SSW of Vaini, Tonga.
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