A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga (78 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu3w. Unique identifier: us7000qu3w. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 11:09:38 / August 11, 2025 @ 11:09 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:09:38 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -172.8333 West, latitude -15.2883 South, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 126 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga.

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