Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 46 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 1:10 AM GMT+13 (12:10 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 81 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-20 12:10:41 UTC
Depth
70.7 km (43.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.295° S, 174.045° 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 11.1 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
134°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.291 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 578 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.547 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.595 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 573 days ago · 148 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 5.681 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 548 days ago · 201 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.750 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 535 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.9112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 534 days ago · 293 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.539 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 596 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.523 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 615 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.589 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 616 days ago · 171 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pw2w. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.