A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/25 / 2025-09-25 16:39:29 / September 25, 2025 @ 4:39 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000rhtx. Event ids that are associated: us6000rhtx. The temblor was reported at 16:39:29 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -173.7617° West, latitude -16.0973° South, depth = 188.553 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 188.553 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hihifo. Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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