A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Houma in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 179.089 km (111 miles). Event id: us6000ql5w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ql5w. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.3789 West, latitude -20.8292 South, depth = 179.089 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/25 / 2025-06-19 02:28:28 / June 19, 2025 @ 2:28 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:28:28 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa. The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 38 km NNW of Houma, Tonga.
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