M4.7 earthquake 49 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 49 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 2:14 AM GMT+13 (13:14 UTC), 135 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 89 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-31 13:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 135.1 km (83.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.786° S, 174.225° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 146
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.632 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 474 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.8104 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.540 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 454 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.415 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.289 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 182 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.697 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 176 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1119 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 450 days ago · 292 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.490 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 444 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.640 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 437 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.6118 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 494 days ago · 156 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.743 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 499 days ago · 131 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.752 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 501 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6106 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.336 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 511 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.949 km W of Hihifo, Tonga · 512 days ago · 82 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.264 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 517 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4136 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 518 days ago · 246 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qh2x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.