A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rewz. Id of event: us7000rewz. Global time and date of event 12/11/25 / 2025-11-12 05:15:14 / November 12, 2025 @ 5:15 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.8476° West, latitude -16.5353° South, depth = 112.204 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.204 km (70 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:15:14 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 64 km S of Hihifo, Tonga.
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