A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96.075 km (60 miles). Global time and date of event 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 17:59:11 / May 5, 2025 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9897 West, latitude -16.5089 South, depth = 96.075 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:59:11 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000q0lf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0lf.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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