A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km SSW of Vailoatai, American Samoa (99 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -171.425° West, latitude -15.6592° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 14:44:52 / October 2, 2025 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000riya. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000riya. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:44:52 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 160 km SSW of Vailoatai, American Samoa.

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