A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 136 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga (85 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 07:30:36 / July 5, 2025 @ 7:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qat6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qat6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -175.0618° West, -22.5694° South. The temblor was picked up at 07:30:36 / 7:30 am (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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 136 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga.
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