M4.5 earthquake 47 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 47 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Mar 9, 2025, 5:14 PM GMT+13 (04:14 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-09 04:14:15 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.153° S, 173.406° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4118 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 565 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4142 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 552 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.3108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 551 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 541 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.750 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 541 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 537 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 533 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.264 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 518 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 4.291 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 579 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 583 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 584 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 592 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.539 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 597 days ago · 82 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 599 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pzlc. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.