A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga (165 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 15:38:50 / August 31, 2025 @ 3:38 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:38:50 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). 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 495.29 km (308 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.7114° West, latitude -20.3806° South, depth = 495.29 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qstv. Unique identifier: us7000qstv.

Each 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 265 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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