A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5kl. Unique identifier: us6000q5kl. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/25 / 2025-04-12 04:48:10 / April 12, 2025 @ 4:48 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:48:10 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 65.12 km, -173.6749° West, -16.4179° South. 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 65.12 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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