A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 21:26:52 / June 8, 2025 @ 9:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -173.0633° West, -16.0792° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000q881. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q881. The temblor was picked up at 21:26:52 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km E of Hihifo, Tonga.
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