A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 20:32:35 / January 18, 2025 @ 8:32 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.434 km (50 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pkzn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkzn. The temblor was picked up at 20:32:35 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 80.434 km, -174.9282° West, -19.6549° South.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga.
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