A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000re9y. Id of event: us6000re9y. Global time and date of event 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 16:58:21 / September 8, 2025 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.8465 West, latitude -15.1079 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:58:21 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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