A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 299 km W of Houma, Tonga (186 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 14:33:41 / May 5, 2025 @ 2:33 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 470.506 km (292 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.1815 West, latitude -21.1664 South, depth = 470.506 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0l4. Unique identifier: us7000q0l4. The temblor was reported at 14:33:41 / 2:33 pm (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 seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 299 km W of Houma, Tonga.
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