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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 82 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga

Posted by admin on July 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -18.8776S, -174.725WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga. Exact location of event, longitude -174.725 West, latitude -18.8776 South, depth = 100.743 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.743 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/25 / 2025-07-13 17:58:29 / July 13, 2025 @ 5:58 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000qcg4. Event ids that are associated: us7000qcg4. The temblor was detected at 17:58:29 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 82 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -174.725° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8776° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.743 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82 km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-13 17:58:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-13 18:17:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qcg4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qcg4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qcg4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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