A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 15:04:52 / March 30, 2025 @ 3:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pnvp. Event ids that are associated: us7000pnvp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:04:52 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.8314 West, latitude -20.3711 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 82 km SE of Pangai, Tonga.
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