M4.7 earthquake 107 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 107 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga on Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 7:42 PM GMT+13 (06:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 100 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-25 06:42:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.282° S, 174.732° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5139 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6188 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2361 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.5100 km SW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2355 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 4.556 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2353 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.750 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.662 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.583 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.349 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2415 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.9134 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.4173 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2131 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2426 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.0161 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600089as. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC.