A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:10:09 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pnw6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnw6. Exact location of event, longitude -173.7525 West, latitude -20.423 South, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 16:10:09 / March 30, 2025 @ 4:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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