A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Pangai in Tonga on Friday. 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 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000putu. Event ids that are associated: us7000putu. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:57 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9048 West, latitude -20.3094 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 20:59:57 / April 11, 2025 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai (min 5000 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 seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km SE of Pangai, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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