A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 14:58:46 / March 30, 2025 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.7921 West, latitude -19.9696 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pnvt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnvt. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:58:46 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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