A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 132 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga (82 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 12:20:20 / March 21, 2025 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:20:20 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -173.7457 West, latitude -20.9694 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnew. Unique identifier: us7000pnew.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 132 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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