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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Houma in Tonga

Posted by admin on November 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.1087S, -177.5723WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (164 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:33:40 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/25 / 2025-11-12 23:33:40 / November 12, 2025 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 508.121 km (316 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -177.5723° West, -20.1087° South, depth 508.121 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rn1k. Unique identifier: us6000rn1k.

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 ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.5723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.1087° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 508.121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-12 23:33:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-12 23:50:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.634 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rn1k Id of event.
Event Code 6000rn1k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rn1k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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