M4.8 earthquake 105 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 105 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 5:58 PM GMT+14 (03:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 171 km E of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-25 03:58:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.151° S, 172.832° W
- Region
- Tonga
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.461 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2397 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5101 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2391 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.0171 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 2388 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
- 4.917 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2383 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.876 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2374 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.1157 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2373 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.698 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 2373 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600089ap. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC.