A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pnuq. Event ids that are associated: us7000pnuq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -173.7157° West, -20.3636° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 12:54:46 / March 30, 2025 @ 12:54 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:54:46 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Close 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 nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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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