M4.3 earthquake 104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Jul 15, 2025, 6:10 PM GMT+13 (05:10 UTC), 40 km (25 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-07-15 05:10:52 UTC
- Depth
- 39.9 km (24.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.857° S, 173.499° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.640 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 437 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4139 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 425 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.193 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 420 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.840 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 416 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4124 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 413 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.7108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 449 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4124 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.597 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.415 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.399 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 457 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.596 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 466 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.0128 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 476 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qvnv. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.