A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 159 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga (99 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000pxxn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pxxn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -172.8023 West, latitude -19.7575 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:34:19 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 12:34:19 / May 8, 2025 @ 12:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 159 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga.

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