A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 12:10:34 / February 20, 2025 @ 12:10 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pw2w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw2w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -174.1589° West, latitude -16.0101° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:10:34 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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