Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 34 km southwest of Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga, on Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:44 pm (GMT +13) -

Just 16 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga. The tremor was recorded late at night on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022, at 11:44 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 197 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS), which listed it as a magnitude 5.4 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.6, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.3.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Hihifo (pop. 820) located 40 km from the epicenter.
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