A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Pangai in Tonga. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:18:39 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 39.864 km, -174.2509° West, -20.4292° South. Global time and date of event 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 04:18:39 / April 19, 2025 @ 4:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000px9s. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000px9s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.864 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 68 km S of Pangai, Tonga.
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