M5.0 earthquake 142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 142 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga on Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 9:15 AM GMT+13 (20:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 176 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
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-05 20:15:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.064° S, 172.700° 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
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4139 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga · 598 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1176 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga · 559 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pbn5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC.