A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Nuku‘alofa in Tonga. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rvlx. Unique identifier: us6000rvlx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 206.768 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 206.768 km, -175.3314° West, -20.3463° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 03:54:17 / December 18, 2025 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:17 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nuku‘alofa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 88 km N of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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