M4.5 earthquake 138 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 138 km NNE of Neiafu, Tonga on Sat, Mar 1, 2025, 2:25 PM GMT-12 (02:25 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 80 km SSE 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
- 2025-03-02 02:25:32 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.496° S, 173.493° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.180 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 550 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5105 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 547 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.9109 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 536 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5108 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga · 533 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py5g. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.