A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Thursday. Global time and date of event 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 02:17:53 / January 16, 2025 @ 2:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:17:53 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkbs. Unique identifier: us6000pkbs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.774 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.6947 West, latitude -19.8983 South, depth = 104.774 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km WSW of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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