A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.076 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 22:39:37 / June 17, 2025 @ 10:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.6354° West, latitude -15.6825° South, depth = 58.076 km. Event id: us7000q9t8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9t8. The temblor was detected at 22:39:37 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga.
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