A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Nuku‘alofa in Tonga on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj8y. Id of event: us6000rj8y. The temblor was picked up at 22:18:28 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.3312 West, latitude -20.7182 South, depth = 85.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 22:18:28 / October 5, 2025 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.26 km (53 miles).
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua, Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga.
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