A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Fangale’ounga in Tonga. The temblor was picked up at 16:40:22 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.206 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/10/25 / 2025-10-13 16:40:22 / October 13, 2025 @ 4:40 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgvg. Id of event: us6000rgvg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.6454 West, latitude -19.092 South, depth = 94.206 km.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pangai (c. 1 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangai, Neiafu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km NNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.
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