A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 99 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga (62 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.384 km (109 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.5871 West, latitude -15.4866 South, depth = 175.384 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000q3w7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3w7. Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 08:00:48 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:00 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:48 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 99 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga.

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