A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/25 / 2025-05-21 15:19:24 / May 21, 2025 @ 3:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000q0jj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0jj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.658 km (72 miles). Exact location of event, depth 115.658 km, -174.1856° West, -16.2404° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:19:24 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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