M4.5 earthquake 153 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 153 km E of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Jan 4, 2025, 9:32 AM GMT+13 (20:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 147 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-03 20:32:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.744° S, 172.382° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.681 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 614 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7135 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 611 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4197 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 607 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.8147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 607 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pk70. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:49 AM UTC.