A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/25 / 2025-05-29 20:17:33 / May 29, 2025 @ 8:17 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:17:33 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qjw2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjw2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.5566° West, latitude -19.8742° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pangai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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