M4.5 earthquake 96 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 96 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga on Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 7:28 AM GMT+13 (18:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 km E 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
- 2025-06-25 18:28:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 16.272° S, 172.956° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 20
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
- 4.415 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.597 km S of Hihifo, Tonga · 452 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4124 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga · 451 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.7108 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga · 450 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3104 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 447 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.840 km E of Hihifo, Tonga · 417 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qb19. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.