A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Thursday. Global time and date of event 10/07/25 / 2025-07-10 02:21:12 / July 10, 2025 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:21:12 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 90.747 km, -173.7091° West, -16.0687° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.747 km (56 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qu6j. Unique identifier: us6000qu6j.
Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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