Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Houma in Tonga

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 285 km WSW of Houma, Tonga (177 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 00:49:58 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 00:49:58 / December 19, 2025 @ 12:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, -177.8798° West, -22.095° South, depth 350 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 350 km (217 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rvw0. Event ids that are associated: us6000rvw0.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 285 km WSW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-177.8798° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-22.095° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	350 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	285 km WSW 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	2025-12-19 00:49:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-19 05:05:16	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	284	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.776	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us6000rvw0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rvw0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rvw0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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