A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 10:42:05 / September 13, 2025 @ 10:42 am. Unique identifier: us6000rf4h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rf4h. The temblor was detected at 10:42:05 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.332 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.6035 West, latitude -15.4259 South, depth = 43.332 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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