M4.0 earthquake 210 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 210 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga on Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 5:16 AM GMT+13 (16:16 UTC), 574 km (357 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 158 km NW 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-04 16:16:23 UTC
- Depth
- 574.4 km (356.9 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 17.830° S, 175.777° 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 24.2 km horizontally, 19.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 254°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1155 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 574 days ago · 208 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.7158 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 562 days ago · 202 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3131 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 550 days ago · 240 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6296 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 546 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.3243 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga · 540 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.5155 km W of Neiafu, Tonga · 533 days ago · 205 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5184 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 530 days ago · 269 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.6205 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga · 524 days ago · 258 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pyli. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC.