M4.9 earthquake 98 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 98 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 10:06 PM GMT+13 (09:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 142 km ESE 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-07 09:06:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.050° S, 173.143° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 633 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 605 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.566 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 644 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8106 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.3111 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 655 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pidi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC.