M4.4 earthquake 110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 3:46 PM GMT+13 (02:46 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 74 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-05 02:46:17 UTC
- Depth
- 27.9 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.850° S, 173.347° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.174 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 631 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5138 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.291 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 578 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000phxq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.