Tonga earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 74 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 74 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 9:13 AM GMT+13 (20:13 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-11 20:13:28 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.238° S, 173.168° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 12.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
59

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 615 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 4.7135 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 611 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.547 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 4.4110 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 637 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.569 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 643 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.699 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.539 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 650 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.861 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 652 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.311 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 658 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 4.470 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 660 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pjg2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.