A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/25 / 2025-03-31 13:20:45 / March 31, 2025 @ 1:20 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:20:45 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.343 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pp0p. Id of event: us7000pp0p. Exact location of event, depth 25.343 km, -173.7708° West, -20.4567° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 93 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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