A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (166 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:38:44 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 20:38:44 / August 23, 2025 @ 8:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.671 West, latitude -20.2429 South, depth = 506.59 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r3dr. Unique identifier: us6000r3dr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 506.59 km (315 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 three and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga.

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