M4.7 earthquake 97 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 97 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga on Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 6:42 AM GMT+13 (17:42 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 104 km W of Pangai, 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
- 2025-03-10 17:42:57 UTC
- Depth
- 118.6 km (73.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.130° S, 174.980° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.793 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga · 563 days ago · 137 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.3131 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 550 days ago · 240 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5155 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 533 days ago · 205 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.577 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 530 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.0104 km W of Pangai, Tonga · 528 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py02. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC.