M4.6 earthquake 40 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 40 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 5:58 AM GMT+13 (16:58 UTC), 74 km (46 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-07-24 16:58:22 UTC
- Depth
- 73.6 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.238° S, 174.040° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.193 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 420 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.840 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 417 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4124 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 413 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.3104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 447 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1119 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 450 days ago · 292 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.597 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.697 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 176 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.289 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 182 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.415 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.540 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 454 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.399 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 457 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 113 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000quna. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC.