A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hihifo in Tonga. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9085 West, latitude -15.8047 South, depth = 95.493 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qb92. Unique identifier: us7000qb92. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:52:41 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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 95.493 km (59 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 23:52:41 / July 7, 2025 @ 11:52 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hihifo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Hihifo (c. 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).

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 seventy-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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