M4.5 earthquake 129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga on Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 9:21 PM GMT+13 (08:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 71 km NNW 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
- 2025-02-07 08:21:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.911° S, 173.250° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.5130 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.571 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 582 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.497 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 565 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdqa. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.