M4.7 earthquake 104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 104 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 10:01 AM GMT+13 (21:01 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-08 21:01:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.374° S, 173.349° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4135 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 620 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.0142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 605 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.998 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 634 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.8136 km ENE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 636 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5123 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.566 km S of Neiafu, Tonga · 644 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.0105 km ESE of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 651 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8106 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 652 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4141 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3111 km SE of Neiafu, Tonga · 654 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pla8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.