M4.1 earthquake 62 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 62 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 11:42 PM GMT+13 (10:42 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 100 km NNE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-13 10:42:05 UTC
- Depth
- 43.3 km (26.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.426° S, 173.603° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 20
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.116 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 374 days ago · 189 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.1100 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 374 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4107 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 374 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.367 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 373 days ago · 188 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4138 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa · 353 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 341 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.3111 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 388 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.6117 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 389 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.693 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 391 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4122 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 394 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.296 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 413 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rf4h. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC.