M4.6 earthquake 105 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 105 km S of Hihifo, Tonga on Sun, May 11, 2025, 12:40 PM GMT-12 (00:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 128 km SSW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-12 00:40:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.904° S, 173.874° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7128 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 505 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.752 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga · 501 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.9112 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 499 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4128 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 478 days ago · 132 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.0128 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 475 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.843 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 463 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.399 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 457 days ago · 120 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.415 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.597 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.4124 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.264 km SSW of Hihifo, Tonga · 517 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 532 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 536 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.750 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 540 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.271 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 541 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pys0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC.