A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000q4ju. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4ju. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 13:24:04 / March 28, 2025 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -174.0106° West, -20.5042° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 13:24:04 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 84 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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