M4.5 earthquake 85 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 85 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 7:16 AM GMT+13 (18:16 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 80 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-06 18:16:29 UTC
- Depth
- 42.6 km (26.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.699° S, 173.573° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 34
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 598 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5138 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 581 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.291 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 578 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.547 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pbws. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.