A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Houma in Tonga on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.7634 West, latitude -20.9373 South, depth = 186.196 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/25 / 2025-04-24 23:02:31 / April 24, 2025 @ 11:02 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:02:31 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000py9r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000py9r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 186.196 km (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km WNW of Houma, Tonga.
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