A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qzrg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzrg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.268 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 06:37:41 / August 11, 2025 @ 6:37 am. Exact location of event, longitude -173.8916 West, latitude -16.7863 South, depth = 139.268 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:37:41 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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