A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 21:06:02 / April 2, 2025 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:06:02 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000q3iv. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3iv. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.799 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -173.4629 West, latitude -16.691 South, depth = 48.799 km.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 88 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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