A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa (78 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 18:09:17 / October 15, 2025 @ 6:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:09:17 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rlqj. Unique identifier: us6000rlqj. Exact location, longitude -172.7856° West, latitude -14.8362° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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