A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (161 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 533.717 km (332 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 07:46:02 / September 19, 2025 @ 7:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgb3. Id of event: us6000rgb3. The temblor was picked up at 07:46:02 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -177.7108° West, -20.5498° South, depth 533.717 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 259 km WNW of Houma, Tonga.

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