M4.4 earthquake 15 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 15 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 3:21 PM GMT+13 (02:21 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 93 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-07-10 02:21:12 UTC
- Depth
- 90.7 km (56.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.069° S, 173.709° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 19
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
- 4.597 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.7108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 450 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 447 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.640 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 437 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.193 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 420 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.840 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 417 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.540 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 454 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.295 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 456 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 4.399 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 458 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 113 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.596 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 466 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.632 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 474 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qu6j. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:39 AM UTC.