A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 88 km WSW of Houma, Tonga (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 06:28:05 / March 29, 2025 @ 6:28 am. Id of earthquake: us6000q4ry. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4ry. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:28:05 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.1395 West, latitude -21.3322 South, depth = 169.697 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 169.697 km (105 miles).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 88 km WSW of Houma, Tonga.

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