A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.6231° West, latitude -19.6484° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 05:31:30 / April 13, 2025 @ 5:31 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pvjs. Event ids that are associated: us7000pvjs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:31:30 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai. Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 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 twenty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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