M4.3 earthquake 215 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 215 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, May 25, 2020, 12:07 PM GMT-12 (00:07 UTC), 362 km (225 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 128 km W 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-26 00:07:43 UTC
- Depth
- 362.1 km (225.0 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 16.075° S, 175.806° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9263 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2302 days ago · 364 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.6128 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 2297 days ago · 282 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3121 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2288 days ago · 302 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.8165 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a4ia. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.