A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from ‘Ohonua in Tonga on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu7b. Unique identifier: us7000qu7b. Exact location, longitude -174.1804° West, latitude -21.689° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/25 / 2025-08-13 02:56:47 / August 13, 2025 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:56:47 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Ohonua. Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop).

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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga.

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