Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 8:33 PM GMT+13 (07:33 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 71 km S of Hihifo, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-13 07:33:56 UTC
Depth
45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
16.825° S, 173.491° 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 10.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.546 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.374 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 4.5138 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.291 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 578 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.547 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 4.4142 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 551 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.3108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.750 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 4.585 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 605 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdcd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.