M4.1 earthquake 16 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 5:39 AM GMT+13 (16:39 UTC), 189 km (117 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 87 km SSE 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
- 2025-09-25 16:39:29 UTC
- Depth
- 188.6 km (117.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.097° S, 173.762° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.887 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 374 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.367 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 373 days ago · 188 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.285 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 372 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.165 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 366 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.289 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 358 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.279 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 346 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.462 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 339 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.464 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 327 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rhtx. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.