M4.5 earthquake 142 km W of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 142 km W of Hihifo, Tonga on Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 10:33 AM GMT-12 (22:33 UTC), 253 km (157 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 81 km WNW 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
- 2025-02-04 22:33:50 UTC
- Depth
- 253.2 km (157.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.967° S, 175.123° 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 13.8 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.595 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 573 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.594 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 548 days ago · 176 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.681 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 548 days ago · 201 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.393 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga · 548 days ago · 178 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pd6x. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.