A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Houma in Tonga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 16:36:08 / August 10, 2025 @ 4:36 pm. Exact location, longitude -175.4847° West, latitude -20.69° South, depth = 35 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:36:08 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzn9. Unique identifier: us6000qzn9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 56 km NNW of Houma, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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