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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Pangai in Tonga

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Earthquake location -20.3189S, -173.643WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 19:30:26 / March 30, 2025 @ 7:30 pm. Event id: us7000pnx1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnx1. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:26 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.643 West, latitude -20.3189 South, depth = 35 km.

The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -173.643° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.3189° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km SE of Pangai, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-30 19:30:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-30 19:49:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pnx1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pnx1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pnx1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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