A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact location, longitude -173.692° West, latitude -20.3476° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnvd. Unique identifier: us7000pnvd. The temblor was detected at 14:24:44 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 14:24:44 / March 30, 2025 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 90 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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