A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Kolonga in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:10:28 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rnay. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnay. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -174.2402° West, latitude -20.7731° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 11:10:28 / October 25, 2025 @ 11:10 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km ENE of Kolonga, Tonga.
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