M4.2 earthquake 91 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Mar 4, 2025, 5:36 PM GMT-12 (05:36 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 71 km S 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-05 05:36:32 UTC
- Depth
- 122.2 km (75.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.725° S, 174.100° 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 15.1 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- Stations used
- 12
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
- 4.547 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.595 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 573 days ago · 148 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1158 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 560 days ago · 162 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 541 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.750 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 536 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pyma. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.