M4.4 earthquake 124 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 124 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 12:58 PM GMT+13 (23:58 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 km E 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 23:58:29 UTC
- Depth
- 36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.807° S, 173.034° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 449 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 446 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.4139 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 425 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.840 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 416 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qu7e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.