M4.5 earthquake 99 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 99 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 9:27 PM GMT+13 (08:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 128 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-02 08:27:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.324° S, 173.135° 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, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7114 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 293 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.489 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga · 269 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.3128 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5118 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.637 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 258 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.331 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 257 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.486 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 250 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rvs6. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC.