M4.3 earthquake 102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Mon, Mar 10, 2025, 6:46 AM GMT+13 (17:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 96 km NNE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-09 17:46:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.049° S, 173.589° 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 11.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 15
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.497 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 565 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.596 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 533 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3143 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.978 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 526 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.599 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 524 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4133 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 583 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.571 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 4.7149 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5130 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.539 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 596 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pzls. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC.