Tonga earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 50 km S of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 50 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:48 PM GMT+13 (04:48 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-12 04:48:10 UTC
Depth
64.4 km (40.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.408° S, 173.715° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 536 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.264 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 517 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.949 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 512 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.336 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 511 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.6105 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.752 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 501 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.743 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 499 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.9112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 498 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 4.749 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 491 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.988 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 483 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 73 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  2. 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.3108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q5kl. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.