A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 159 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga (99 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us7000qsyj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsyj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 05:54:39 / September 1, 2025 @ 5:54 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 210.845 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -174.7098 West, latitude -17.3838 South, depth = 210.845 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:54:39 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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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