M4.3 earthquake 110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 110 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 5:42 PM GMT+13 (04:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 124 km ENE 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-25 04:42:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.081° S, 173.289° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Samoa Islands region · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.3107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1283 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3114 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1275 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4107 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1273 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.5136 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1271 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5112 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1270 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.9138 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.5105 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1255 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.5124 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1249 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.076 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1240 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2Samoa Islands region · 1240 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6129 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1232 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.034 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1229 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.7106 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1297 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.6114 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1297 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2118 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1299 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.695 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.694 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1303 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.1132 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 1305 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000k0m9. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.