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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Hihifo in Tonga


Earthquake location -15.54S, -174.68WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 08:01:04 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 180 km (112 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:04 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.68 West, latitude -15.54 South, depth = 180 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25094050. Id of event: pt25094050.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 105 km (65 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 105 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.68° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.54° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-04 08:01:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-04 08:13:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 482 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt25094050 Id of event.
Event Code 25094050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25094050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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