A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 22:08:20 / August 6, 2025 @ 10:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.8353° West, latitude -19.344° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 22:08:20 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qyqz. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyqz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu, Pangai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km NE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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