A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Neiafu in Tonga on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 171.332 km (106 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rss3. Id of event: us6000rss3. Global time and date of event 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 08:50:16 / November 19, 2025 @ 8:50 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:50:16 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -173.8668° West, latitude -18.2516° South, depth = 171.332 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Neiafu (c. 4 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiafu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 45 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga.
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