A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from ‘Ohonua in Tonga. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rm2g. Event ids that are associated: us6000rm2g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:40:11 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/11/25 / 2025-11-07 09:40:11 / November 7, 2025 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -175.2898° West, -21.8135° South, depth 35 km.

Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from ‘Ohonua (c. 1 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa, ‘Ohonua (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop).

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

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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: 62 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga.

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