M4.5 earthquake 94 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 94 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 9:00 PM GMT+13 (08:00 UTC), 176 km (109 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 81 km WNW 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
- 2025-04-04 08:00:48 UTC
- Depth
- 175.7 km (109.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.541° S, 174.572° 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, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.681 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 549 days ago · 201 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.393 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 549 days ago · 178 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9112 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 535 days ago · 293 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.978 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 527 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.599 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 524 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4136 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 519 days ago · 246 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.949 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 512 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.336 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 512 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6106 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.752 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 502 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.743 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 499 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.6118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 495 days ago · 156 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.749 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 492 days ago · 135 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q3w7. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.