M4.1 earthquake 158 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 158 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga on Sat, Mar 22, 2025, 5:04 PM GMT-12 (05:04 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 130 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-23 05:04:01 UTC
- Depth
- 162.2 km (100.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.071° S, 174.723° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5105 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 547 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5184 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 530 days ago · 269 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6205 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 524 days ago · 258 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.264 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 517 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6171 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 516 days ago · 239 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6105 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7128 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 505 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.9130 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 504 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ppgl. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.