A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Houma in Tonga on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qv86. Unique identifier: us7000qv86. Exact location of earthquake, -175.3852° West, -21.3052° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:41:29 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 09:41:29 / August 16, 2025 @ 9:41 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 17 km SSW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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