A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (162 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 453.185 km (282 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.6816° West, latitude -20.4551° South, depth = 453.185 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:58 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtdh. Id of event: us7000qtdh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/25 / 2025-09-02 22:12:58 / September 2, 2025 @ 10:12 pm.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga.

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