M4.4 earthquake 112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 112 km N of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, Feb 9, 2025, 1:16 AM GMT+13 (12:16 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-08 12:16:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.954° S, 173.593° 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 11.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 15
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5130 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.7149 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.571 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 591 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 4.683 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 583 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3102 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 574 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.497 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 565 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.5129 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 604 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.8147 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga · 607 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.698 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga · 608 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5110 km N of Hihifo, Tonga · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.392 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga · 627 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pdsu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC.