A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Houma in Tonga on Saturday. Global time and date of event 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 06:20:18 / July 19, 2025 @ 6:20 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qds0. Unique identifier: us7000qds0. Exact location of event, longitude -175.6169 West, latitude -21.0985 South, depth = 136.764 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.764 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:20:18 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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