A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 22:09:15 / July 17, 2025 @ 10:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -173.9983° West, latitude -15.1561° South, depth = 60.94 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwkt. Id of event: us6000qwkt. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:09:15 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.94 km (38 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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